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