Our Father had the Israelites build the tent of meeting, and he told them to exactly according to the pattern He commanded them. Today, His house is His people, the church. Shouldn’t we make sure that we make His house exactly according to His pattern.

1. Our Father’s House
Hebrews 8.5, CB NT p. 389

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— A Pattern

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— A Pattern
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6. And let
them make me a sanctuary,
that I may dwell in their midst.
(Exodus 25:8, OT CB p. 122)

7. Exactly
as I show you
concerning the pattern
of the tabernacle, and of all
its furniture, so you shall make it.
(Exodus 25:9, OT CB p. 122)

8. Ark of the Covenant
Exodus 25.10-22, CB OT p. 122-3

9. Ark of the Covenant
Exodus 25.10-22, CB OT p. 122-3
acacia wood
What material
should be used?

10. Ark of the Covenant
Exodus 25.10-22, CB OT p. 122-3
2.5 X 1.5 X 1.5
How big should
it be?

11. Ark of the Covenant
Exodus 25.10-22, CB OT p. 122-3
pure gold
What should be
used to overlay
the ark?

12. Ark of the Covenant
Exodus 25.10-22, CB OT p. 122-3
two cherubim
What should be
over the mercy
seat?

13. Ark of the Covenant
Exodus 25.10-22, CB OT p. 122-3
one piece
How should the
mercy seat and
cherubim be
made?

14. Ark of the Covenant
Exodus 25.10-22, CB OT p. 122-3
acacia wood
SPECIFIC
Instruction
2.5 X 1.5 X 1.5
pure gold
two cherubim
one piece

15. Ark of the Covenant
Exodus 25.10-22, CB OT p. 122-3
acacia wood
SPECIFIC
Instruction
2.5 X 1.5 X 1.5
pure gold
two cherubim
one piece
Exactly as I show you concerning the
pattern of the tabernacle, and of all its
furniture, so you shall make it.
Exodus 25.9, CB OT p. 122

16. Ark of the Covenant
Exodus 25.10-22, CB OT p. 122-3
acacia wood
SPECIFIC
Instruction
2.5 X 1.5 X 1.5
pure gold
two cherubim
one piece
Exactly as I show you concerning the
pattern of the tabernacle, and of all its
furniture, so you shall make it.
Exodus 25.9, CB OT p. 122
W
hat could they add?

17. Ark of the Covenant
Exodus 25.10-22, CB OT p. 122-3
acacia wood
SPECIFIC
Instruction
2.5 X 1.5 X 1.5
pure gold
two cherubim
one piece
Exactly as I show you concerning the
pattern of the tabernacle, and of all its
furniture, so you shall make it.
Exodus 25.9, CB OT p. 122
W
hat could they omit?

18. Ark of the Covenant
Exodus 25.10-22, CB OT p. 122-3
acacia wood
SPECIFIC
Instruction
2.5 X 1.5 X 1.5
pure gold
two cherubim
one piece
Exactly as I show you concerning the
pattern of the tabernacle, and of all its
furniture, so you shall make it.
Exodus 25.9, CB OT p. 122
W
hat could they change?

19. Ark of the Covenant
Exodus 25.10-22, CB OT p. 122-3
Did they have
any choices?

20. Ark of the Covenant
Exodus 25.10-22, CB OT p. 122-3
What kind of
frame?
Did they have
any choices?

21. Ark of the Covenant
Exodus 25.10-22, CB OT p. 122-3
How thick was
the overlay?
Did they have
any choices?

22. Ark of the Covenant
Exodus 25.10-22, CB OT p. 122-3
How thick was
the overlay?
GENERAL
Instruction
What kind of
frame?

23. Ark of the Covenant
Exodus 25.10-22, CB OT p. 122-3
How thick was
the overlay?
GENERAL
Instruction
What kind of
frame?
Exactly as I show you concerning the
pattern of the tabernacle, and of all its
furniture, so you shall make it.
Exodus 25.9, CB OT p. 122

24. Ark of the Covenant
Exodus 25.10-22, CB OT p. 122-3
Why was it important
to make it exactly
according to the
pattern?
Exactly as I show you concerning the
pattern of the tabernacle, and of all its
furniture, so you shall make it.
Exodus 25.9, CB OT p. 122

25. Ark of the Covenant
Exodus 25.10-22, CB OT p. 122-3
Why was it important
to make it exactly
according to the
pattern?
Exactly as I show you concerning the
pattern of the tabernacle, and of all its
furniture, so you shall make it.
Exodus 25.9, CB OT p. 122
“There I will meet
with you”
(Exodus 25:22, CB OT p. 123)

26. Now Nadab and Abihu,
the sons of Aaron, each
took his censer and put
fire in it and laid incense
on it and offered
unauthorized fire before
Jehovah, which he had not
commanded them.And
fire came out from before
Jehovah and consumed
them, and they died
before Jehovah.
(Leviticus 10:1-2, CB OT p. 165)

27. Then Moses said to
Aaron,“This is what the
LORD has said:‘Among
those who are near me I
will be sanctified, and
before all the people I will
be glorified.’” And Aaron
held his peace.
(Leviticus 10:3, CB OT p. 165)

28. So I forced myself, and offered
the burnt offering.” And Samuel
said to Saul,“You have done
foolishly.You have not kept the
command of Jehovah your God,
with which he commanded you.
For then Jehovah would have
established your kingdom over
Israel forever.
(1 Samuel 13:12-13, CB OT p. 437-438)

29. But when he was strong, he
grew proud, to his
destruction. For he was
unfaithful to Jehovah his God
and entered the temple of
Jehovah to burn incense on
the altar of incense.
(2 Chronicles 26:16,
CB OT p. 703)

30. Ark of the Covenant
Exodus 25.10-22, CB OT p. 122-3
Why was it important
to make it exactly
according to the
pattern?
Exactly as I show you concerning the
pattern of the tabernacle, and of all its
furniture, so you shall make it.
Exodus 25.9, CB OT p. 122
They serve a copy
and shadow of the
heavenly things.
(Hebrews 8:5, CB NT p. 389)

31. Our Father’s House
— A Plan
— A Pattern
— Workers

32. in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows
into a holy temple in the Lord. In him you also are being built
together into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit.
(Ephesians 2:21-22, CB NT p. 338)

33. Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's
Spirit dwells in you? If anyone destroys God's temple, God will
destroy him. For God's temple is holy, and you are that temple.
(1 Corinthians 3:16-17, CB NT p. 292)

34. For we are the temple of the living God; as God said,“I will
make my dwelling among them and walk among them, and I will
be their God, and they shall be my people.
(2 Corinthians 6:16, CB NT p. 318)

35. Our Father’s House
— A Plan
— A Pattern
— Workers

36. Our Father’s House
— A Plan
— A Pattern
— Workers making known to us the
mystery of his will,
according to his purpose,
which he set forth in
Christ as a plan for the
fullness of time, to unite all
things in him, things in
heaven and things on
earth.
(Ephesians 1:9-10, CB NT p. 336)

37. Our Father’s House
— A Plan
— A Pattern
— Workers Follow the pattern of the
sound words that you have
heard from me, in the faith
and love that are in Christ
Jesus.
(2 Timothy 1:13, CB NT p. 372)

38. Our Father’s House
— A Plan
— A Pattern
— Workers from whom the whole
body, joined and held
together by every joint
with which it is equipped,
when each part is working
properly, makes the body
grow so that it builds itself
up in love.
(Ephesians 4:16, CB NT p. 340)

39. Our Father’s House
— A Plan
— A Pattern
— Workers Exactly as I show you
concerning the pattern of
the tabernacle, and of all its
furniture, so you shall make
it.
Exodus 25.9, CB OT p. 122

40. Our Father’s House
— A Plan
— A Pattern
— Workers Thus it was necessary for the
copies of the heavenly things
to be purified with these
rites, but the heavenly things
themselves with better
sacrifices than these.
Hebrews 9:23, CB NT p. 391

41. Will today be the day
you decide
to go to
heaven?

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House: http://www.houseplans.com/plan/2202-square-feet-4-bedrooms-2-5-bathroom-farm-house-plans-2-
garage-33063
Tabernacle: Rose Book of Charts
Ark of the Covenant: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Réplica_del_Arca_de_la_Alianza--6.JPG/
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Saul: http://godcenteredmom.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/saul-reproached-by-samuel.jpg
Uzziah: http://jesusfootprints.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/14026015_c15_-_2_chronicles_26_15_-
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43. Understanding the Will of God
#04
Our Father’s House
Hebrews 8.5
Compiled and Presented by:
Dave Stewart
26 May, 2013
www.churchofchristmiranda.com
Synopsis: Our Father had the Israelites build the tent of meeting, and he told them to exactly according to the pattern He commanded
them. Today, His house is His people, the church. Shouldn’t we make sure that we make His house exactly according to His pattern.
“Let all that you do be done with love.”
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