exodus 40

Question	Answer	Note---10-02-2016
		Upon the first day on the first month should the sanctuary be set up, according to the word of the Lord.
		It is so interesting that this is a mobile structure, and wherever it is set up, whenever it is set up, the space it occupies becomes so holy, that should an unauthorized person venture into that space at the wrong time, they could be struck dead. Similarly, the ark was also a piece of holy furniture that if the wrong hands should touch it, the person could be struck dead.
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What a loving God we serve. He can dwell wherever He wants with whomever He wants, yet He chooses to live with us.

exodus 39

Question	Answer	Note---10-02-2016
		10-13 detailed description of the breastplate, and the order in which the stone appeared on the breastplate.
Is it fair to say that the wearing of jewelry is a sin, when it was God himself that designed precious stones and precious metals for the sole purpose of ornamental wear?	If we consider that the Earth, Lucifer and now the priest is/was decked out with ornaments by the instructions of God it becomes a very difficult thing to say that the wearing of jewelry is sin.	17
		The bells and the pomegranates were a part of the priest’s clothing from the onset, and this was not a fixture added after some priest had died. It is interesting that there does not seem to be the recording of the death of any priest that operated on the day of atonement unworthily and died, and had to be pulled out.

exodus 38

Question	Answer	Note---10-02-2016
When was glass invented? Why would the scripture mention looking glass here?	Mankind used several polished objects to reflect his image. These were likely called looking glasses and does not necessarily mean the material from which it was made. According to the NKJ the looking glasses were bronze mirrors.	8
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	A bekah=1/2 shekel	26
		26 This verse confirms that there was in excess of one million people wandering in the wilderness with Moses. If there were 600,000 men above 20 years, it is likely that there were just as many women and children. So a fair approximation would be 1.8 million or 2 million people.
		Moses managing this congregation is nothing short of a miracle.

exodus 37

Question	Answer	Note---10-02-2016
		It is so exciting to know that it will be accomplished in this generation. The people on the Earth right now are the ones who will see the things prophesied about the end.
		It is the Christians who are now upon the Earth, who will have the opportunity to be translated.
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exodus 36

Question	Answer	Note---10-02-2016
		5-7) the people bring more than was needed for the building of the temple.
When did this become a woman’s job? Is this the case because these are curtains for the sanctuary?		8)  Note these are men sewing the curtains?
		There is always method to God’s instructions. No doubt the building of the temple would have united the people, since it was their belongings/stuff that went into the building of it.
		Badgers Skin- type of ram
		The amount of details mentioned here is confirmation that God takes interest in the little thing too.

exodus 35

Question	Answer	Note---10-02-2016
		It seems that Moses had not communicated the commandments to the children of Israel before now. The account which is in Exodus 20, is the communication between Moses and God and not the children of Israel and God.
		It is interesting that as Moses communicates what was said to him in the mount, he does not start with the commands as highlighted in Exodus 20, but instead starts with the Sabbath command. This must be an indication of its importance.
Is this Moses’ words, or did God tell Moses such?	See verse 4	2)Note that Moses says that if the Sabbath is broken, the soul that breaketh it shall die.
		Moses requests materials to make the sanctuary. The people gave willingly.
		It seems that God puts in the heart of the masons/artificers the knowledge needed to build at that appointed time. It is not clear whether these men knew that they had the knowledge before.

exodus 34

Question	Answer	Note---10-02-2016
Why didn’t the Lord cut out the tables of stone like unto the first time?	Maybe it was so that Moses would value these tables more than the first.
Why does God tell Moses to come alone, and warns not to have even the flocks feeds near the mount?	Maybe it is a safety pre-caution as to not have anything consumed, since God is about to show His glory.
How big were these tables of stone that Moses hewed out? Is it that they were small and could fit in his hand, or did h need a wagon to bring them?
		5) in this dispensation God comes down in a cloud.
		Moses requests that  the Lord go with them. The Lord tells Moses that he will drive out all the inhabitants before them, and He will go with them.
		14-onward) seems to be a repetition of the commandments.
		Note in verse 17 that the word graven is replaced with the word molten, this might have been done as a result of the molten image that they had made.
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Why didn’t God want the firstling of an ass?		20
What was the significance of the animals being male?	Maybe this was as a result of the fact that Christ was to be male. These were types.
What was the purpose of appearing before the Lord without an offering, or the redemption money?		Note that all firstborn males were to be redeemed.
If God knew that the Israelites would not occupy Canaan until many years later, what was the purpose of giving all these commands?		25: Note
		22: Three feasts unto the Lord. These feast represent three dispensations of the church. The last of which being the translation to heaven.
Is this the first time God is saying don’t leaven unto the morning?	I don’t think so, will try and find another passage later for another appearing.	25:
Why did God say not to seethe a kid in his mother’s milk?	It is not clear why, however there is much speculation about it. (one reason given is that it was a Paganistic custom). However no one can be sure as to what the reason was.
		28 Moses spent 40 days and nights with God, and Moses’ face shun. This will be the experience of all Christians who spend time in the Lord’s presence. They reflect His glory. Similar to what Adam and Eve had at the beginning of time?
		It seems God did not only show Moses His glory, but also shared some of it with him. In this sense Moses’ received way more than he had asked him.
Where was Moses in His walk with God that God could reflect his glory through Moses and Moses be not consumed?	It is likely that this was intentional on God’s part. He did say that He could show mercy to whomever He pleases.
How was Moses able to go 40 days/night without food or water?
Could it be that while Moses was in the presence of God, time seemed to stand still? Moses did not realize the time that passed?
Could be that since God does not dwell in time, there was no recollection of time to Moses when he was in the presence of God? Did it seem like just a moment or just a day?
What must this experience been like, to actually be in the presence of God in His glorified form?		27 Note that the words that God had spoken to Moses represented the contract between Him and Israel. No wonder the commandments were written on tables of stone, representing it was a contract.
Isn’t this situation a type? Isn’t it in like manner that God vails himself, i.e. so that the angels/man can look upon Him?		33
		It does not seem that Moses’ face only shun for a day. It seemed as he continually communed with God that his face would light up.