1 00:00:00,760 --> 00:00:04,760 Speaker 1: Let us pray, and the Lord passed before him and 2 00:00:04,920 --> 00:00:10,680 Speaker 1: proclaimed the Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious, long suffering, 3 00:00:10,960 --> 00:00:15,760 Speaker 1: and abundant in goodness and truth. Exodus thirty four six. 4 00:00:17,360 --> 00:00:20,479 Speaker 1: Dear God, as I rise to day, I will set 5 00:00:20,560 --> 00:00:24,079 Speaker 1: my heart on the cry of Moses. Then ask for 6 00:00:24,200 --> 00:00:29,680 Speaker 1: you to show me your glory, give me divine understanding 7 00:00:29,800 --> 00:00:32,800 Speaker 1: so that I can know and discern the directions you 8 00:00:32,880 --> 00:00:36,520 Speaker 1: want me to take. I confess that I cannot move 9 00:00:37,080 --> 00:00:40,440 Speaker 1: unless your presence goes with me. Like Exodus thirty three 10 00:00:40,440 --> 00:00:45,200 Speaker 1: to forty, I acknowledge to day that a promise without 11 00:00:45,240 --> 00:00:50,200 Speaker 1: your presence is no promise at all. For my heart 12 00:00:50,280 --> 00:00:54,040 Speaker 1: desires to be close to you. Therefore, I will make 13 00:00:54,080 --> 00:00:58,880 Speaker 1: the posture of my heart my priority, and not material things. 14 00:00:59,320 --> 00:01:02,440 Speaker 1: I will desire are the giver more than the gifts, 15 00:01:02,880 --> 00:01:05,440 Speaker 1: because I know that the blessings you give me, Lord, 16 00:01:05,760 --> 00:01:09,960 Speaker 1: are a by product of me seeking your heart. Thank you, 17 00:01:10,040 --> 00:01:12,520 Speaker 1: Heavenly Father, that you desire to spend time with me 18 00:01:13,280 --> 00:01:16,120 Speaker 1: and to walk with me through life's up and downs. 19 00:01:16,880 --> 00:01:20,920 Speaker 1: In this moment, right now, I will lift my hands 20 00:01:21,120 --> 00:01:26,000 Speaker 1: and worship you for your unfailing love and devotion for 21 00:01:26,160 --> 00:01:31,759 Speaker 1: my life, my promise is before me, and more importantly, 22 00:01:31,959 --> 00:01:36,759 Speaker 1: your presence is surrounding me. With this as my truth, 23 00:01:37,640 --> 00:01:41,759 Speaker 1: I know I am unstoppable because you will stop at 24 00:01:41,800 --> 00:01:46,920 Speaker 1: nothing to bless me, because even with my mistakes, you 25 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:54,800 Speaker 1: still love me in Jesus name. Amen, Thank you for 26 00:01:54,880 --> 00:01:58,480 Speaker 1: praying with us today. Continue your time with God by 27 00:01:58,520 --> 00:02:02,360 Speaker 1: listening to today's Bible story brought to you by Bible 28 00:02:02,440 --> 00:02:03,480 Speaker 1: in a Year dot. 29 00:02:03,240 --> 00:02:19,320 Speaker 2: Com Journey towards the Promised Land. In our last story, 30 00:02:19,600 --> 00:02:23,160 Speaker 2: we witnessed the heart of Israel falling into slavery to 31 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:27,079 Speaker 2: idols and sin. They erected a golden calf in place 32 00:02:27,120 --> 00:02:31,320 Speaker 2: of the God that freed them from slavery. God's anger boiled, 33 00:02:31,440 --> 00:02:34,760 Speaker 2: yet he was still filled with steadfast love and patience 34 00:02:35,080 --> 00:02:38,320 Speaker 2: and would not forsake them. In this story, we will 35 00:02:38,400 --> 00:02:41,799 Speaker 2: learn about God giving Moses new tablets and letting him 36 00:02:41,800 --> 00:02:45,640 Speaker 2: see his glory, and also the construction of the tabernacle 37 00:02:45,720 --> 00:02:49,600 Speaker 2: as commanded by God inspired by the Book of Exodus. 38 00:02:51,919 --> 00:02:54,840 Speaker 3: Hello, I'm pastor Jack Graham with today's episode of the 39 00:02:54,880 --> 00:02:58,600 Speaker 3: Bible in a Year podcast. In our previous reading, the 40 00:02:58,639 --> 00:03:01,960 Speaker 3: Israelites broke the very first commandment of God and built 41 00:03:01,960 --> 00:03:06,680 Speaker 3: a golden calf to worship. God determined to destroy them all, 42 00:03:07,400 --> 00:03:11,440 Speaker 3: but Moses interceded and prayed, pleading with God, and God 43 00:03:11,560 --> 00:03:14,760 Speaker 3: chose to relent, but there was a price to pay, 44 00:03:14,880 --> 00:03:20,040 Speaker 3: and three thousand Israelites died in the camp. Today we'll 45 00:03:20,040 --> 00:03:22,600 Speaker 3: find the people leaving their camp as God leads them 46 00:03:22,600 --> 00:03:24,600 Speaker 3: on to the next leg of their journey to the 47 00:03:24,639 --> 00:03:28,240 Speaker 3: promised land. God will promise to clear the way, but 48 00:03:28,400 --> 00:03:32,000 Speaker 3: they must trust in him as they walk alone. Listen 49 00:03:32,160 --> 00:03:34,560 Speaker 3: as the people's hearts turned back to the Lord and 50 00:03:34,600 --> 00:03:37,920 Speaker 3: they beg for his presence to be among them. We'll 51 00:03:37,960 --> 00:03:41,120 Speaker 3: see how God responds, how they receive a second set 52 00:03:41,120 --> 00:03:44,560 Speaker 3: of tablets with God's commandments, and how God instructs his 53 00:03:44,640 --> 00:03:49,040 Speaker 3: people to construct his dwelling place, the Tabernacle. Let's listen 54 00:03:49,120 --> 00:03:50,400 Speaker 3: now to today's reading. 55 00:03:51,440 --> 00:03:53,800 Speaker 2: It was a cool morning and the sun was just 56 00:03:53,880 --> 00:03:57,720 Speaker 2: peeking over the valley. Sun rays splashed against the morning 57 00:03:57,760 --> 00:04:01,560 Speaker 2: clouds and lit the sky with a bright orange. God 58 00:04:01,640 --> 00:04:05,080 Speaker 2: met again with Moses. This time they met as friends, 59 00:04:05,480 --> 00:04:09,080 Speaker 2: walking in the stillness of dawn. Depart from here with 60 00:04:09,160 --> 00:04:12,600 Speaker 2: the people to the land that I promised Abraham, Isaac 61 00:04:12,640 --> 00:04:16,080 Speaker 2: and Jacob. God said, I will drive out those who 62 00:04:16,160 --> 00:04:19,120 Speaker 2: dwell there to keep you safe. However, I will not 63 00:04:19,240 --> 00:04:22,080 Speaker 2: be going among you, lest I consume you on the 64 00:04:22,120 --> 00:04:27,480 Speaker 2: way for your stubborn attitudes and wicked hearts. Upon hearing this, 65 00:04:27,640 --> 00:04:31,640 Speaker 2: the people mourned. They could not fathom their protector departing 66 00:04:31,680 --> 00:04:35,520 Speaker 2: from them. The one who parted the seas sent manna 67 00:04:35,560 --> 00:04:39,279 Speaker 2: from heaven and drove out that Amelekites would be gone. 68 00:04:39,480 --> 00:04:42,160 Speaker 2: It was too much for them to bear. The people 69 00:04:42,200 --> 00:04:45,560 Speaker 2: removed their jewelry and fine ornaments as a symbol that 70 00:04:45,640 --> 00:04:48,920 Speaker 2: they cared for their hearts more than their external selves, 71 00:04:49,400 --> 00:04:53,560 Speaker 2: and they begged God to stay. Moses pitched a tent 72 00:04:53,680 --> 00:04:56,240 Speaker 2: away from the camp where people could go to meet 73 00:04:56,279 --> 00:04:59,200 Speaker 2: with God face to face. He called at the tent 74 00:04:59,240 --> 00:05:02,679 Speaker 2: of meeting. Any time Moses went to the tent, people 75 00:05:02,680 --> 00:05:05,880 Speaker 2: would rise up to go stand at the entrance. When 76 00:05:05,880 --> 00:05:08,599 Speaker 2: the glory of God descended to meet with Moses, the 77 00:05:08,640 --> 00:05:12,440 Speaker 2: people would rise up to worship. Israel struggled in their 78 00:05:12,480 --> 00:05:16,200 Speaker 2: faith with God, yet they loved him. Years of slavery 79 00:05:16,279 --> 00:05:20,000 Speaker 2: under Egypt had confused their spirits. Yet the thought of 80 00:05:20,040 --> 00:05:23,960 Speaker 2: God departing from them was almost unbearable. When Moses drew 81 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:26,880 Speaker 2: close to God. The people desired to draw close to 82 00:05:26,920 --> 00:05:32,279 Speaker 2: God as well, especially Joshua, the son of None. Moses 83 00:05:32,320 --> 00:05:34,919 Speaker 2: came to meet with God once again. He came with 84 00:05:34,960 --> 00:05:38,240 Speaker 2: a boldness Jacob once did on that lonely hill, wrestling 85 00:05:38,279 --> 00:05:41,960 Speaker 2: with God, clinging to him and imploring him for blessing. 86 00:05:42,839 --> 00:05:44,719 Speaker 2: How many times have you told me that I have 87 00:05:44,800 --> 00:05:48,080 Speaker 2: found favor in your sight? Moses asked, if I have 88 00:05:48,200 --> 00:05:52,640 Speaker 2: truly found favor in your sight, please show me your ways. 89 00:05:53,360 --> 00:05:56,560 Speaker 2: Moses spoke with intensity, for the thought of God not 90 00:05:56,680 --> 00:06:00,679 Speaker 2: going with them to the Promised Land frightened him. Moses 91 00:06:00,720 --> 00:06:05,320 Speaker 2: continued his case before God, saying, Please, God, consider your nation, 92 00:06:05,880 --> 00:06:09,039 Speaker 2: your people. If your presence does not go with us, 93 00:06:09,160 --> 00:06:12,720 Speaker 2: the Promised Land means nothing. The only thing that makes 94 00:06:12,800 --> 00:06:17,080 Speaker 2: us a nation and a people is your presence. God 95 00:06:17,120 --> 00:06:21,200 Speaker 2: did not answer with rage or match Moses's intensity. Rather, 96 00:06:21,240 --> 00:06:25,320 Speaker 2: he answered gently and said, my presence will go with you, 97 00:06:26,160 --> 00:06:29,120 Speaker 2: and I will give you all rest. I will do 98 00:06:29,240 --> 00:06:32,520 Speaker 2: this for you, for you have found favor in my sight. 99 00:06:32,839 --> 00:06:37,640 Speaker 2: I know you by name, Moses. Moses crumbled before God, 100 00:06:38,400 --> 00:06:42,640 Speaker 2: his heart melted at hearing God's words. He looked up 101 00:06:42,680 --> 00:06:46,159 Speaker 2: to God with his eyes foggy from tears. Show me 102 00:06:46,240 --> 00:06:51,080 Speaker 2: your glory, Moses whispered. God said to Moses, I will 103 00:06:51,120 --> 00:06:53,839 Speaker 2: show you my goodness and have it passed before you. 104 00:06:54,120 --> 00:06:57,080 Speaker 2: But you cannot see my face, for no man can 105 00:06:57,120 --> 00:07:01,039 Speaker 2: see my face and live. So God. God placed Moses 106 00:07:01,040 --> 00:07:04,640 Speaker 2: in a cleft between two rocks, and God, in his glory, 107 00:07:05,040 --> 00:07:08,159 Speaker 2: passed by Moses, and he could see his back pass by. 108 00:07:09,080 --> 00:07:11,880 Speaker 2: For a brief moment, Moses was able to gaze upon 109 00:07:11,920 --> 00:07:15,920 Speaker 2: the beauty of the Lord. A small sliver of eternity 110 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:20,640 Speaker 2: glowed before Moses. The maker of the cosmos, the destroyer 111 00:07:20,720 --> 00:07:24,280 Speaker 2: of stars, and the shepherd of humanity, revealed a part 112 00:07:24,280 --> 00:07:27,960 Speaker 2: of himself to Moses. The true beauty was in God's 113 00:07:28,040 --> 00:07:31,760 Speaker 2: restoration of his covenant with Israel. Again. He rode on 114 00:07:31,800 --> 00:07:35,560 Speaker 2: the stone tablets his commandments and promises to his children 115 00:07:36,360 --> 00:07:39,160 Speaker 2: he would go before them, walk with them, and be 116 00:07:39,240 --> 00:07:43,800 Speaker 2: their strength and shelter. Moses left the presence of God 117 00:07:43,840 --> 00:07:47,240 Speaker 2: with the tablets. His face shone brightly because he had 118 00:07:47,240 --> 00:07:50,560 Speaker 2: been with God, and the people marveled. They built the 119 00:07:50,600 --> 00:07:54,560 Speaker 2: tabernacle for God. They had master craftsmen pay attention to 120 00:07:54,640 --> 00:07:58,480 Speaker 2: every detail given to them. As Israel built the tabernacle, 121 00:07:58,680 --> 00:08:01,440 Speaker 2: it was almost as if they were mending their fractured 122 00:08:01,480 --> 00:08:05,200 Speaker 2: relationship with God with their hands. They had once made 123 00:08:05,200 --> 00:08:08,080 Speaker 2: a golden calf to replace God, but now they were 124 00:08:08,200 --> 00:08:11,120 Speaker 2: using their hands to make for him a place to dwell. 125 00:08:12,080 --> 00:08:15,320 Speaker 2: Since the beginning of humanity, it was always God's purpose 126 00:08:15,360 --> 00:08:18,000 Speaker 2: to dwell with men and women and walk with them 127 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:21,520 Speaker 2: in unity, to guide them and provide for them, to 128 00:08:21,560 --> 00:08:25,480 Speaker 2: give them purpose, meaning and fulfillment. He did so in 129 00:08:25,520 --> 00:08:28,360 Speaker 2: the Garden of Eden with Adam and Eve, and even 130 00:08:28,400 --> 00:08:32,120 Speaker 2: though they sinned, he still protected them. He did so 131 00:08:32,320 --> 00:08:36,720 Speaker 2: with Abraham's family and walked with them through life. Even 132 00:08:36,720 --> 00:08:40,360 Speaker 2: though they sinned, he still kept his promises and stayed 133 00:08:40,360 --> 00:08:43,800 Speaker 2: beside them. And now he would dwell with Israel in 134 00:08:43,840 --> 00:08:47,280 Speaker 2: the tabernacle. He would go before them and protect them. 135 00:08:47,920 --> 00:08:50,959 Speaker 2: Even though they would sin, he would still keep his promises. 136 00:08:51,559 --> 00:08:54,000 Speaker 2: For the Lord of God's people is not a story 137 00:08:54,040 --> 00:08:57,679 Speaker 2: of bravery or heroism. It is a story of flawed 138 00:08:57,760 --> 00:09:02,000 Speaker 2: people straying away from their God God and God's stopping 139 00:09:02,040 --> 00:09:07,040 Speaker 2: at nothing to bless them. 140 00:09:07,120 --> 00:09:10,080 Speaker 3: As we open today's reading, God tells Moses to take 141 00:09:10,120 --> 00:09:12,280 Speaker 3: the people and go to the land that he would 142 00:09:12,280 --> 00:09:15,320 Speaker 3: give them. God tells Moses that he will clear the 143 00:09:15,360 --> 00:09:18,319 Speaker 3: way for them and keep them safe, but his presence 144 00:09:18,640 --> 00:09:22,959 Speaker 3: will not go with them. The people are afraid, and 145 00:09:22,960 --> 00:09:26,160 Speaker 3: despite their sinful wayward hearts, deep down they know that 146 00:09:26,320 --> 00:09:30,600 Speaker 3: only God's presence can protect and satisfy their longing for 147 00:09:30,679 --> 00:09:35,120 Speaker 3: connection to him. They remove their jewelry and offer it 148 00:09:35,160 --> 00:09:37,600 Speaker 3: to God, a reminder of what they'd done when they 149 00:09:37,640 --> 00:09:41,040 Speaker 3: offered their goal to a false God. They wanted to 150 00:09:41,080 --> 00:09:45,400 Speaker 3: discover forgiveness and atone for their sins. For now, when 151 00:09:45,440 --> 00:09:47,720 Speaker 3: they wish to meet with God, Moses must go with 152 00:09:47,760 --> 00:09:50,400 Speaker 3: them outside the camp to a very special tent. The 153 00:09:50,440 --> 00:09:54,640 Speaker 3: tent of meeting, God's presence will descend and meet with 154 00:09:54,800 --> 00:09:59,640 Speaker 3: Moses and the people worship outside. There was one among 155 00:09:59,640 --> 00:10:02,640 Speaker 3: them who desired fellowship more than the other, Joshua, the 156 00:10:02,640 --> 00:10:05,920 Speaker 3: son of None. He stays by the tent even as 157 00:10:05,920 --> 00:10:10,679 Speaker 3: the others leave. Joshua will become an important figure in history, 158 00:10:10,760 --> 00:10:14,880 Speaker 3: and God is working in his life already Critically, Moses 159 00:10:14,880 --> 00:10:17,840 Speaker 3: approached God and ask him to teach him his ways 160 00:10:18,160 --> 00:10:23,400 Speaker 3: a very important requests. Here's what Moses said, So I 161 00:10:23,480 --> 00:10:25,920 Speaker 3: may know you and continue to find favor with you. 162 00:10:26,520 --> 00:10:29,800 Speaker 3: Remember that this nation is your people. Lord, teach me 163 00:10:29,920 --> 00:10:34,120 Speaker 3: your ways. Do we desire to know the ways of God? 164 00:10:34,880 --> 00:10:37,480 Speaker 3: How often do we boldly and honestly ask God to 165 00:10:37,600 --> 00:10:41,600 Speaker 3: teach us the way that we should go? Do we 166 00:10:41,640 --> 00:10:44,320 Speaker 3: seek Him with all of our hearts? Do we seek 167 00:10:44,760 --> 00:10:47,559 Speaker 3: not only his ways but His will in our lives? 168 00:10:48,320 --> 00:10:50,920 Speaker 3: Moses doesn't stop there. He asked God to commit his 169 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:53,440 Speaker 3: presence to his people as a sign that they are 170 00:10:53,480 --> 00:10:57,040 Speaker 3: set apart from other nations. God honors the request and 171 00:10:57,080 --> 00:11:00,000 Speaker 3: agrees to be with them as he always has been. 172 00:11:01,120 --> 00:11:04,880 Speaker 3: Moses asked for one more thing, the boldness of all requests, 173 00:11:05,400 --> 00:11:09,200 Speaker 3: show me your glory. Moses has met with God in 174 00:11:09,240 --> 00:11:12,680 Speaker 3: the past, but he wanted more. He wanted to know 175 00:11:12,800 --> 00:11:16,800 Speaker 3: the fullness and the greatness of God's glory. God says 176 00:11:16,840 --> 00:11:19,800 Speaker 3: to Moses that he can look, but he cannot see 177 00:11:19,840 --> 00:11:22,800 Speaker 3: his face, or he will die. Moses is a sinner 178 00:11:22,840 --> 00:11:25,480 Speaker 3: and cannot look into the face of a holy God. 179 00:11:26,559 --> 00:11:29,679 Speaker 3: God protects Moses in a cleft in the rock as 180 00:11:29,720 --> 00:11:35,480 Speaker 3: the glory, his glory, the glory of God passes by. There. 181 00:11:35,520 --> 00:11:39,400 Speaker 3: He gives Moses his commandments once again, and Moses chisels 182 00:11:39,440 --> 00:11:42,520 Speaker 3: them into stone and takes them to the people. His 183 00:11:42,679 --> 00:11:46,880 Speaker 3: brush with God's glory causes moses face to shine, to 184 00:11:46,960 --> 00:11:50,840 Speaker 3: the amazement of all the Israelites. Then God puts the 185 00:11:50,880 --> 00:11:54,560 Speaker 3: people to work building the Tabernacle, his dwelling place among them. 186 00:11:55,080 --> 00:11:57,840 Speaker 3: This will for a time satisfy both their desire to 187 00:11:57,880 --> 00:12:01,920 Speaker 3: have Him near and God's does desire to have communion 188 00:12:02,080 --> 00:12:06,040 Speaker 3: and fellowship with his people. God desires to have a 189 00:12:06,080 --> 00:12:09,719 Speaker 3: relationship with us, to live among us, to live in us, 190 00:12:10,800 --> 00:12:13,920 Speaker 3: and that desire is fulfilled by sending his own son, 191 00:12:14,080 --> 00:12:17,880 Speaker 3: Jesus Christ, to be our savior, to live in us, 192 00:12:18,440 --> 00:12:21,760 Speaker 3: so that a temporary house like a tabernacle or even 193 00:12:21,800 --> 00:12:24,920 Speaker 3: a temple would no longer be needed, because now with 194 00:12:25,080 --> 00:12:28,880 Speaker 3: Christ within his spirit alive in us, we are the 195 00:12:28,920 --> 00:12:33,680 Speaker 3: temple of God. Dear God, thank you that you live 196 00:12:33,760 --> 00:12:37,440 Speaker 3: in us, that your very presence goes with us everywhere 197 00:12:37,440 --> 00:12:40,280 Speaker 3: that we go. We pray, o God, that we would 198 00:12:40,320 --> 00:12:43,000 Speaker 3: live in your presence and seek not only to know 199 00:12:43,640 --> 00:12:48,000 Speaker 3: your hand, but to seek your heart and to seek 200 00:12:48,160 --> 00:12:53,040 Speaker 3: your glory every day of our lives. In Jesus' name. Amen. 201 00:12:53,760 --> 00:12:56,839 Speaker 3: Thank you for listening to today's Bible in a Year podcast. 202 00:12:57,440 --> 00:13:01,480 Speaker 3: I'm pastor Jack Graham from Dallas, Texas. Download theprey dot 203 00:13:01,520 --> 00:13:04,720 Speaker 3: com app, and make prayer a priority in your life. 204 00:13:04,760 --> 00:13:07,720 Speaker 3: If you enjoyed this podcast, share it with someone you 205 00:13:07,800 --> 00:13:11,000 Speaker 3: love because by sharing this podcast, you can make a 206 00:13:11,040 --> 00:13:15,040 Speaker 3: difference in someone's life. 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