Welcome to a year in the Bible with Daily Grace.

This year we want to spend a few minutes with you every day walking through our study Christ and all of Scripture.

Each week we will dive deeply into two passages of Scripture, one from the Old Testament and one from the New,

seeing how they connect and point to Jesus.

Whether you are doing the study yourself or just following along with us here, we are

hopeful that through studying these passages each week, you will see how Christ is not only present

throughout the entire biblical story, but the center of it. Hey, everyone, welcome back to another

episode of a year in the Bible. My name is Alexa, and I'm here with my co-host, Beth. Hi, friends.

Today we're going to dive a bit deeper into the passage that we annotated yesterday, Exodus 40, 34, through 38.

So we're going to start by discussing the context of this passage within the whole story of the Bible.

Yeah, so we've been discussing the Israelites time in the wilderness the past couple weeks. And here in Exodus 40, the Israelites are still in the wilderness. They've received the law for Moses given to him through God, but after the Israelites have heard all of God's commands, Moses shares with the Israelites God's command to build a tabernacle as well as these holy

items that are to be connected with the tabernacle. God also establishes priests who are charged

to take care of the tabernacle. And it's here in this tabernacle or tent to give you a better

picture in your mind that God's presence is going to dwell. And that's what we see after the completion

of the tabernacle. God's presence comes to dwell within the tent. How crazy would it have been to

actually see God's glory physically come and fill the tabernacle? I feel like I read this story

relatively often, but I rarely sit with that mental image of what that would have actually

been like and how I would think or feel about God if I had witnessed that. So on that note,

what does this passage teach us about who God is and his character? Well, I went into this

yesterday a little bit, but Exodus 40 really shows us God's desire to be with his people. God is holy. He's

distinct and set apart. We are sinful and don't deserve to be in the presence of a holy God.

In fact, the Old Testament shows us that we can't fully be in his presence because of our sin.

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