Julie
Today's reading was just more specifications on how to build the tabernacle. As with yesterday, I am not very sure of the significance other than to make sure that it is being done as requested/commanded...
The first two verses stood out to me in Psalm 46. "God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way, though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea...". I think that these are very telling verses that we should remember and focus on. They could be calming in times of turmoil.
Michelle
As I was reading today my first thought was that this is just instruction. As I continued I thought, maybe they were being given a task for a reason. The time it would take to complete these things in their time would have been significant. It would also give them the need to work together. But then I also though, at this point he is just giving Moses the instruction, and previously I believe it said he was up there talking to God for 40 days and nights. Which is enough time for people to start asking questions about what is going on. So it might also be a test of their faith and patience. Or I could be reading into it things that aren't there. I am not sure which it is.
The psalm has a popular line in it, or well known anyway. "Be still and know that I am God". This kind of made me think back to the passage in that they needed to be still and patient and just listen and wait. They have seen what God is capable of and what he will do for his chosen people, and now they must wait. Wait for instruction, wait for deliverance, whatever it is just wait.
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