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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="CENTER">“<font size="3"><b>TWO
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="CENTER"><font size="3"><b>Jim
& Marie Watt</b></font></p>
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<a href="http://www.2rbetter.org/">www.2rbetter.org</a></b></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="CENTER">August 18, 2011</p><p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="CENTER">
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="CENTER"><b>FEB
13 - EXODUS 39:32-40:38 - THE TABERNACLE: ITS CONFIRMATION</b></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="LEFT"><b>1.
39:32 (39:32-40:8) TABERNACLE COMPLETED: HOW TO SET UP. “Thus all
the work of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting was finished, and
the people of Israel did according to all that the LORD had commanded
Moses; so they did” (ESV). </b><span style="">This
glorified You, Father. O may we too have a willing heart to do </span><u><span style="">all</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
things concerning Your Kingdom with a like regard. May we make
visible accurately Your invisible Kingdom. </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">Hallowed
be your :name!</span></i></b></p>
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<b><span style="text-decoration: none;">2. 40:9 (40:9-11)
TABERNACLE: ANOINTED! “Then you shall take the anointing oil and
anoint the tabernacle and all that is in it, and consecrate it and
all its furniture, so that it may become holy.”</span></b><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
This is a sign of the Holy Spirit sanctifying all our obedience.
This should always be our heart's desire! </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">
Your :kingdom come.</span></i></b></p>
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<b><span style="text-decoration: none;">3. 40:12-13 (40:12-15)
TABERNACLE: PRIESTS WASHED, CLOTHED AND ANOINTED. “Then you shall
bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the tent of meeting and
shall wash them with water </span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">13</span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
and put on Aaron the holy garments. And you shall anoint him and
consecrate him, that he may serve me as priest.” </span></font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Kingdom
anointing follows holiness preparation. It is our delight to follow
in </span></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u><span style="">all</span></u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
Your ways, Father! </span></span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">Your
:will be done, As in heaven, so on earth.</span></i></font></b></p>
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<b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">4.
40:16 TABERNACLE: MOSES OBEYS. “This Moses did; according to all
that the LORD commanded him, so he did.” </span></font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">O
that we might have a heart like Moses! O that we sought to please You
Father - body, soul and spirit, as did Moses! </span></span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">Our
:daily :bread Give us this day!</span></i></font></b></p>
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<b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">5.
40:17 (40:17-33) TABERNACLE: REARED UP. “In the first month in
the second year, on the first day of the month, the tabernacle was
erected.” </span></font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">One
year to the month after the </span></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u><span style="">Passover</span></u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
</span></span></i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">in
Egypt, the tent of the congregation was erected. What a memorial!
</span></span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">And
forgive us our :debts, As we also have forgiven our :debtors.</span></i></font></b></p>
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<b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">6.
40:34-35 TABERNACLE: CONFIRMED BY GLORY CLOUD. “Then the cloud
covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the LORD filled the
tabernacle. </span></font><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">36</span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
And Moses was not able to enter the tent of meeting because the cloud
settled on it, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.”
</span></font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">This
was Your </span></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u><span style="">sign</span></u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
from heaven Father, registering Your approval! How Your enemies must
have been cast down! </span></span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">And
bring us not into temptation!</span></i></font></b></p>
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<b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">7.
40:36-37 (40:36-38) TABERNACLE: MOVED WITH ISRAEL BY CLOUD.
“Throughout all their journeys, whenever the cloud was taken up
from over the tabernacle, the people of Israel set out. </span></font><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">37</span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
But if the cloud was not taken up, then they did not set out till the
day that it was taken up.” </span></font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">This
glorified You, Father! May we be just as sensitive to Your Spirit!
</span></span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">But
deliver us from the evil </span></i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">one.</span></font></b></p>
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<u><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">NOTE</font></b></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>:
40:38 (40:36-38) GOD'S GLORY CLOUD AT ALL TIMES VISIBLE TO ISRAEL.
“For the cloud of the LORD was on the tabernacle by day, and fire
was in it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel
throughout all their journeys.” </b></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">This
must have been an awesome sight to both Israel and the surrounding
nations.</span></span></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">This
reading completes the 14</span></span></font><sup><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">th</span></span></font></sup><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
day of Exodus! What a book! It contains the 10 commandments; the 10
plagues on Pharaoh and Egypt; the account of the first Passover; the
plan, building and erection of the Tabernacle. And </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">all
of these</span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
are but types and shadows with rich spiritual lessons for us in the
church, God's One New Man - composed of both Jews and Gentiles.</span></span></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Note
that the 10 Commandments are called God's Covenant with Israel. It
was a faulty covenant, for Israel was never able to keep their part
of it. It was but a schoolmaster to hold Israel steady until Jesus -
the New Covenant - came to write the Old by His Spirit on our hearts
and minds along with Israel! So - we are </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">not</span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
to go back to the Old - but to walk in the law of the Spirit of life
in Christ Jesus (Romans 8:2) - which has </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">freed
us</span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
from the law of sin and death! Can we see this? Can we receive it? It
will free us as it did Paul and those of the early church who also
could see it. Easy? Not at all. See in Galatians, how Peter and
Barnabas both fell from this freeing truth. Messianic Jewish
Congregations today? Many here to are unable to see the fullness of
this, especially the Gentile part.</span></span></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Cultural
Judaism? No problem here. But this is for Jewish believers - not
Gentile believers. There are many wanna-be's among the latter, who
cause great wonderment among their Jewish friends. It is so difficult
to strike a godly balance in the midst of all the above. </span></span></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">And
finally - our Psalm for the day! </span></span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">PSALM
43:5 (43:1-5) SEND OUT YOUR LIGHT AND YOUR TRUTH. “Why are you
cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in
God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation and my God.” </span></font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Hope
is for the future; Faith is for the </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">now</span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">!
Now-faith - brings invisible future hope into visibility and present
reality! J.A.Watt </span></span></font>
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