The Finishing Touches and the Inspection of the Tabernacle

Moses describes the crafting of the high priest's garments, the epod, the breastplate and other garments. Once again he repeats the instruction recorded a few verses earlier. I think that this part of Exodus (39-:42-43) repeats not only as a way of making sure that the work gets done right but also as a reminder that we need to understand God's instructions clearly and then carry them out exactly! Lastly, inspect what we have done and make any changes if there is an error.

Once everything was built and put up as the Lord had said, it states "The Glory of the Lord..." I think this might be associated with His self revelation. You know the Lord is so awesome and His holiness, as He makes His presences known in the world, is so small compared by the images of fire and cloud mentioned here. However these images I think are important so we can get just a glimpse at the splendor and beauty of Him. Lets not forget that we do not need signs or acts or clouds or any of those things to know His beauty. Just open your curtains and look outside. Better yet, go look in the mirror. There you go. Now that is the beauty of God. He made you!

Anyway, basically this short reading is all about checking the work we do for God. Making sure it is not just our head that is into the work, but our heart and also making sure that we do the work to completion as well as doing it right. Just think about how when you husband or wife says they are going to do something and never finished it. How frustrated are you that you have to go and finish or maybe they finish , but they never clean up afterwards. Uuuggh! How mad do you get? Now think of this on a spiritual basis. How upset do you think God gets every time we start to act like Christians and then let the world take us away so we never finish? Yea, pretty upset! Lets finish what we were put here to do!