Sermon Tone Analysis

2 - every heart that moves him, generosity is a choice not a compelling

8 - sanctuary, dwelling place - where god wants to be, with his people

dwell, verb - action in the middle of his people, not seperate

Pray

9 - pattern, its patterned after something in heaven that is real, represents a shadow of a reality that is coming

kjhb

pray

avengers endgame? it ends well im not going to give any spoilers, towards the end, i felt like God prompted something in me to be aware of, there’s a lie that people will grab onto and try and live in if they are not aware or just dont know about, now heres the thing, i totally get its just a movie and that what im about to say maybe isnt for everyone cause when you see it may not matter.

and in and of itself its not bad or a sin,

end of the movie, emotional rollercoaster, main characters says ‘i went out and did some of that living tony always talked about’ and what God said to me was, remember this is what he said to me, great movie by the way, “there is no real living without Jesus.”

own thing, life on your own, your own rules, yolo,

heres the problem and the truth, with that sort of thinking,

1. its always empty in reality

2. it always takes and never gives

3. performance based living

yolo is a lie because you actually live forever and when we come in to these scriptures right here in exodus 25, we are picking up in the story where the people are still spiritual kids and they have to be told what to do and what is right and wrong, and while he’s telling them all of these rules and how to’s and ceremonies and celebrations he is weaving a shadow of a reality that will be realized when jesus comes because (slow down and breathe) there is no real living.. without Jesus

and it brings us to this moment right where God is telling them to build the ark

second major piece , kind of the lid, mercy seat

this is the first piece

first piece - heart - the very presence of God - with out the ark, meaningless - symbol that God was present -

the significance of the ark in its importance sticks out when you read this portion of exodus but its significance and importance begins to double and triple and even more as you read about the other pieces of furniture in this way, the other pieces of furniture spoke about his ministry and the work he come to do on our behalf but the ark itself spoke of his person.

my living room, and begin making analogies of how different pieces represent what i do in my job, but the piano that represents me not my works, the piano will have different level of importance for me - same

same

as the altar represented the sacrifice and the table of showbread intimacy and communion the ark speaks of his nature

acacia wood, man - only person to ever be both - acacia wood shittim wood - say is incorruptible - attacked or tested - never overcome

gold - divinity, every part is beautiful to look at,

S. Ridout says it this way

The gold covers all.

Look at Him, gaze, as far as finite mind and heart can, upon the majesty of His being, and all is Divine!

The Divine nature is displayed over the ‘form of a servant’ and wherever the all-seeing eye of God rests, within that pure and holy mind, affections and will, as well as without upon that blameless walk, meekness and obedience, He owns Him as His Equal, His co-eternal Son.

It is all gold, though the form of the Servant was there, with perfect human faculties and dependence—everything that belongs to man, sin apart.

But spread over all this is the gold of His deity.

Arthur pink says this

Thus, in the wood and the gold together forming the ark we have foreshadowed the great mystery of godliness—God manifest in flesh.

Here we see, in symbol the union of the two natures in the God-man, a Scriptural conception of whom is so important and vital—important, as God has shown us by making the ark to be the first object of contemplation as we take up the study of the Tabernacle; vital, because sound views of Christ are inseparable from our very salvation: "This is life eternal, that they might know Thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom Thou hast sent

two pieces that completed the ark, mercy seat - pure gold - 2 cherubim - single piece

cherub video

cherub guard the presence of god , gen 3, ex 25 until prophets its pretty much symbolism, prophets then see spiritual things and see cherubim,

in the ark, 3 things, commandments, pot of manna, rod of aaron

initially just the ten commandments, sacrifices explained, day of atonement, bull is sacrificed, and the blood of the bull sprinkled over the mercy seat which is over the commandments, representing the law,

later

shadow, jesus being the substance, died on the cross taking care of the law for us once for all time, the law is done and over

Speaking of salvation, making perfect,

God makes a statement right here, the standing before God which is perfect by a perfect sacrifice at the cross - and being sanctified, being made holy.

holiness comes from the cross, not your efforts,

sanctification is the work of God in you as you trust in what God has done at the cross

So if you believe that Jesus was the son of God and rose again on the third day, you have been declared righteousness, romans, and from this writer, he tells us that you now have a perfect standing before God and that you are holy before God by God, holy means set apart, you have now been separated from the world and are now holy.

The misunderstanding of holiness has led to whats called the holiness movement, which says you are holy by what you do which led to no bowling, no dancing, and other rules of what not to do and holiness became about not doing the wrong things instead of the right thing God has done for us.

the law is done and over and the commands in the ark represent this

later - pot of manna - provision - this was a supernatural thing, manna disintegrated after a day every day, where as this was a golden pot of manna that was still good but not eaten, representing Jesus is our provider

lastly

aarons rod, represents supernatural direction, story of the rod, complaining people, korah dies,

This is but a glimpse of a little bit of what we see as we look into the ark, Jesus the son of God

This is but a glimpse of a little bit of what we see as we look into the ark, Jesus the son of God

whats coming

the day of atonement

the names of the ark

journey of the ark