In Jesus our needs are not only brought before God, but God meets our needs; including the need for fellowship.

2. Exodus 25:23-24
You shall make a table of acacia wood. Two
cubits shall be its length, a cubit its
breadth, and a cubit and a half its height.
You shall overlay it with pure gold and
make a molding of gold around it.
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3. Exodus 25:25-26
And you shall make a rim around it a
handbreadth wide, and a molding of gold
around the rim. And you shall make for it
four rings of gold, and fasten the rings to
the four corners at its four legs.
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4. Exodus 25:27-28
Close to the frame the rings shall lie, as
holders for the poles to carry the table. You
shall make the poles of acacia wood, and
overlay them with gold, and the table shall
be carried with these.
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5. Exodus 25:29-30
And you shall make its plates and dishes for
incense, and its flagons and bowls with
which to pour drink offerings; you shall
make them of pure gold. And you shall set
the bread of the Presence on the table
before me regularly.
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7. The goal is the
PRESENCE and GLORY of
God in the MIDST of His
people.

8. The goal is the
PRESENCE and GLORY of
God in the MIDST of His
people.
The tabernacle served a FUNCTION and was
simultaneously a TEACHING tool.

9. The goal is the
PRESENCE and GLORY of
God in the MIDST of His
people.
The tabernacle served a FUNCTION and was
simultaneously a TEACHING tool.
Not everyone who has accepted Jesus’s
SACRIFICE for their sins has the same level of
INTIMACY with Him.

10. Not just SACRIFICE but
CLEANSING was
necessary preparation for
entering the holy place

11. Not just SACRIFICE but
CLEANSING was
necessary preparation for
entering the holy place
The SIGNIFICANCE of the table was what
was on top: the BREAD of PRESENCE

12. Not just SACRIFICE but
CLEANSING was
necessary preparation for
entering the holy place
The SIGNIFICANCE of the table was what
was on top: the BREAD of PRESENCE
The holy place was where the priests
ministered DAILY as MEDIATORS between
God and Israel.

13. The bread was offered to
GOD but for was for the
PRIESTS.

14. The bread was offered to
GOD but for was for the
PRIESTS.
If you ever DOUBT your importance to God,
look to the CROSS

15. The table was the place of
FELLOWSHIP

16. The table was the place of
FELLOWSHIP
The bread was never REMOVED until it was
REPLACED to symbolize ONGOING
fellowship.

17. The table was the place of
FELLOWSHIP
The bread was never REMOVED until it was
REPLACED to symbolize ONGOING
fellowship.
In Jesus our NEEDS are not only brought
before God, but God meets our needs;
including the need for FELLOWSHIP

18. Please take a moment to fill out your
Communication Card
( ) Do the home life help (in bulletin)
( ) Identify how I prepare to enter into a
“holy place”
( ) Meditate on the role of confession and
repentance for fellowship with God
( ) Bring my needs before God
( ) Focus on my relationship with God
( ) Other________________________