Sermon Tone Analysis

Set Up

video game controller set up

software set up

foundation house set up

cut a tree?

sharpen the axe

Set Up: You are getting things ready to be most effective

message today, logos 8

pray, asking god for direction and light and insight and clarity and more

theres a process to be effective with the goal of being most effective

these processes to be effective are all over and in and around our lives

managing finances, ledger.

ledger brings clarity to current status

getting ready to clean floors, move furniture around

doing things to be more and most effective is everywhere in our lives

movie, shoot the movie, thres a massive process, actors, venue, script, equipment

so it is in the bible.

2 Sides to Life, Spiritual - Practical linked

we see this in how to live our best lives, how to pray, how to worship, how to know god, how to be in gods presence, how to believe

our theme this year

dealing with things we cant see

In His Presence

In His Presence

The Set Up - old testament about coming into God’s presence

we are going to look at the setup, the process, to get into gods presence and how that happened then, we are going to look at the symbolism and types, all that means is how they point to jesus, and how that can help us believe better

why help us believe better and deeper and more,

When you believe right, you do right.

the set up will be the tabernacle into the ark of the covenant

genesis overview

creation - adam and eve

noah and the ark

Abraham and sarah and the promise , isaac, jacob and esau, joseph and into egypt

exodus, israelites becoming slaves to the egyptians, the exodus and freedom

isaac

the giving of the law

find israelites in the desert and god is giving them the set up and the breakdown, the process of how to worship and enter into the presence of God

why is this necessary?

Sin.

Sin separates us from God and so then what is the way to get back and be able to be in the presence of God?

cause, Eden, they lived in the presence of god, purpose, design, intent, enemy came and stole this life away and the life that was designed was gone.

so then is their a way back?

Thus the tabernacle and its items and how they all foreshadow Jesus

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‘And they have made for Me a sanctuary, and I have tabernacled in their midst; 9according to all that which I am shewing thee, the pattern

God is showing them what to build from the inside out.

starts with the inner of the inner courts on the peice that is going to be the very presence of God and then works his way out int o the different areas.

God wants to work on us the same way.

From the inside out. the most central part of who you are.

bring healing, courage, wisdom, joy, peace, ?, from the inside out..

He wants you to know that you have his heart .

And if you have his heart, what are the possibilities.

Not in a selfish i can get what ever i want way.

Im talking about understanding that every sin is forgiven, every fear wiped away, every sickness healed, every need provided for, love thats everlasting, peace thats overwhelming, joy thats uncontainable, courage to face the biggest giant you can think of, favor before you and behind and on the left and the right..

You have his heart.

He, the God of the universe totally and completely is in love with you.

god can and does move from the outside in

From the inside out.

our landing spot is going to be the ark, and the ark through out scripture, but before we go there we are going to go from the inside out to the outside in, big picture.

in exodus the children of Israel are camping around the desert and God gives them instruction on how to set up camp

Scripture informs us that the earthly patterns given by God are often a shadow of a greater heavenly reality

12 tribes

12 tribes

ESV17 These are a shadow of the things to come, but the substance belongs to Christ.

like the shadow that is one’s double

12 tribes

in exodus the children of Israel are camping around the desert and God gives them instruction on how to set up camp

Scripture informs us that the earthly patterns given by God are often a shadow of a greater heavenly reality

in view of what we just talked about

12 tribes, one broken into 2 so its like theres 13 and God asks them to set up camp this way

found in numbers 2

The tabernacle of meeting was in the center.

The camp of Judah, consisting of the tribes of Judah (74,800), Issachar (84,400), and Zebulun (57,400), a total of 186,400 men, camped to the east

The camp of Reuben, consisting of the tribes of Reuben (46,500), Simeon (59,300), and Gad (45,650), a total of 151,450 men, camped to the south

The camp of Ephraim, consisting of the tribes of Ephraim (40,500), Manasseh (32,200), and Benjamin (35,400), a total of 108,100 men, camped to the west

The camp of Dan, consisting of the tribes of Dan (62,700), Asher (41,500), and Naphtali (53,400), a total of 157,600 men, camped to the north

Each group was to “camp by his own standard, beside the emblems of his father’s house”

The tribe of Levi was unnumbered and camped around all sides of the tabernacle

The picture is not perfect.

But the pattern is recognizable.

even the camp set up is image of what is to come.

now the outside fence, they call the courtyard area

pictures of the court

White - righteousness

Bronze - judgement

Wood - humanity

Silver - redemption

Blue - heavenly, divine

Red - blood of jesus

Purple - Royalty