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The mercy seat. – Famous cover-ups: I had John do some visuals for me, I used them out at the prison, but I thought that they were too good to use just the once. [P] Every so often we see reported some great cover up. [Watergate, Bill Clinton, Pol Pot, Stalin, cultural revolution] They all have one thing…

Angels. Intro – angels in the Christmas story – People tend to be away in January and so I thought I’d have an interlude, well sort of, from the series I’ve been doing on the tabernacle. It is also the Christmas season and something has always struck me whenever I read the Christmas story – that is the…

Tabernacle Finale. Intro: This past year we have been looking together at the tabernacle – it’s taken rather longer than I anticipated – I want to finish up this series today. Remember back to where we started? [P] An Israelite seeking God, wending His way through the camp to where יְהוָה was. He came…

The Table of Shewbread My little sister had this book; it was her favourite. Long before she went to school she could reel it off, we thought she could read, she just knew it off by heart: “Come over to my house” [read]. It’s easy for kids – they want to be friends they invite you over to their house…

Tabernacle 1 · Yearning after God May I be permitted to ask a provocative question?: “Why are you here?” We are gathering together unto Him. Coming to meet God! Is that why you are here? Is God here? Are we meeting with Him? Is He near? Let me ask you: [C] how close am I to God? We come to here, sit…

The Altar of Incense. 1. Near to יְהוָה Remember the quest that we started with? An Israelite intent on finding יְהוָה[P] – he made his way through the camp until he'd come to the centre where יְהוָה dwelt surrounded by righteousness [P]. He found the door [P] (Jesus) and made his way in. He came to…

Tabernacle 3. Introduction: what is the book of exodus about? Can you tell me what happens in it? The story of the Exodus – birth of Moses and his call (4 chapters – out of 40), the plagues, dealings with pharaoh, Passover (another 9 chapters), then on the journey, crossing the Red Sea and in the wilderness…

Ark of the Covenant. This year we have been looking together at the tabernacle – why? Did it seem like an interesting topic, I have to pick some theme, something a bit obscure and different? No, the whole point, is to get closer to יְהוָה! [P] We have journeyed progressively closer – and last time we…

Tabernacle 4. [P] Who plays with lego? Its worth having children just so you have the excuse! House that Hannah built. Well, we did it together. But we can’t claim the credit, we didn’t design it. The person who thought it all is the clever one – there is a plan – I pick out the pieces that it says are…

The Coverings. Last time I brought some Lego along, I thought today I’d bring another of Hannah’s toys. You all know them: Russian dolls, one inside another. Think you’ve seen it and there is another, there is more – layer upon layer. It is like that with Jesus. The deeper you look the more there is.…

The Golden Lamp-stand Have you ever been in the dark? – We all have, but I mean really dark. I remember going to the caves in Cheddar gorge. It was off season and we were the only ones – so they showed us a lighting display in the last cavern that they don’t normally show because of it takes too much…

Tabernacle 2. Turn to: [Exodus 27:1-8/ “And you shall make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long and five cubits wide; the altar shall be square, and its height shall be three cubits. “You shall make its horns on its four corners; its horns shall be of one piece with it, and you shall overlay it…