Message Notes

YOUTH WORSHIP 19 October 2024

Title: “The work of the Tabernacle was finished”

Text: Exodus 39:27-43

27 They made tunics, artistically woven of fine linen, for Aaron and his sons,

28 a turban of fine linen, exquisite hats of fine linen, short trousers of fine woven linen,

29 and a sash of fine woven linen with blue, purple, and scarlet thread, made by a weaver, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

30 Then they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote on it an inscription like the engraving of a signet:

HOLINESS TO THE LORD.

31 And they tied to it a blue cord, to fasten it above on the turban, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

32 Thus all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting was finished. And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD had commanded Moses; so they did.

33 And they brought the tabernacle to Moses, the tent and all its furnishings: its clasps, its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its sockets;

34 the covering of ram skins dyed red, the covering of badger skins, and the veil of the covering;

35 the ark of the Testimony with its poles, and the mercy seat;

36 the table, all its utensils, and the showbread;

37 the pure gold lampstand with its lamps (the lamps set in order), all its utensils, and the oil for light;

38 the gold altar, the anointing oil, and the sweet incense; the screen for the tabernacle door;

39 the bronze altar, its grate of bronze, its poles, and all its utensils; the laver with its base;

40 the hangings of the court, its pillars and its sockets, the screen for the court gate, its cords, and its pegs; all the utensils for the service of the tabernacle, for the tent of meeting;

41 and the garments of ministry, to minister in the holy place: the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and his sons’ garments, to minister as priests.

42 According to all that the LORD had commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did all the work.

43 Then Moses looked over all the work, and indeed they had done it; as the LORD had commanded, just so they had done it. And Moses blessed them.

Exodus 39:27-43

INTRODUCTION

1. A huge undertaking to make special tunics for the priests

2. An even greater undertaking to build the Tabernacle

AS THE LORD HAD COMMANDED

1. This was a key phrase in Exodus 39-40

2. It was repeated again and again

3. The significance of this repeated phrase

a) To highlight an important fact

b) God’s commandment

c) His commandment was to be obeyed

SO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL DID ALL THE WORK

1. The response of the children of Israel was also carefully noted

2. The significance of this phrase

a) Obedience is possible

b) If there is a heart and mind to obey the LORD

c) The building project was successfully completed

THE MINISTRY OF THE PRIESTS

1. The Priestly garments

a) They were beautiful garments

b) Great symbolism found in the garments

c) They were “the garments of ministry” Exodus 39:41a

d) To be worn “to minister in the holy place” Exodus 39:41b

2. The special Inscription

a) On the plate of the holy crown

b) “HOLINESS TO THE LORD” Exodus 39:30

3. The significance

a) The place of holiness

b) This is to be highlighted and not just noted

c) The crown is the finishing touch

d) The focus is to practise “Holiness to the LORD”

THE TABERNACLE MINISTRY

1. Every article was duly made

a) “As the LORD had commanded” Exodus 39:31

b) “So the children of Israel did all the work” Exodus 39:42

2. The supervisory work of Moses

a) This was an important work

b) He had to supervise all the work

c) He has to approve of all the work done Exodus 39:43a

d) “Indeed they had done it” Exodus 39:43b

e) “Moses blessed them” Exodus 39:43c

LESSONS FOR US TO LEARN

1. The doctrine of holiness

a) The holiness of the LORD

b) The holiness of the work of the LORD

2. The supervision of God’s work

a) This is to be noted

b) It is to be followed

3. The example of obedience

a) Obedience is possible

b) Obedience leads to blessing