The Wise-hearted are Still Working
Here we are already in parasha Vayachel of Exodus. It begins in Exodus 35:1 and ends at Exodus 38:20. Only one more parasha left after this one and it will be time to head into the corral for this book:. In the last parasha, we looked at the clothes of the Priests. This parasha begins by stressing how important keeping the Sabbath is. He tells the people whoever does work on that day will be killed! What if He did that today? We'd have a lot of mass graves:. This portion almost seems like you are reading one of the previous ones all over again. It still speaks of gathering items for the building of the Tabernacle. It still speaks of people being willing givers. That reminds me of an old saying I use to hear in church during the call for offerings. The Pastor would say, God loves a cheerful giver, but He'll accept money from the grouch as well:. The women who had a 'willing heart' spun the goat's hair. Every morning the people would bring their offerings to Moses. It finally got to the place where the men who worked on the Tabernacle told Moses they had more than enough. The people need to quit giving! Imagine a televangelist saying that:! In the making of the curtains, you will see the numbers five (Torah) and fifty (jubilees) used quite often. But you notice at the end of each of these descriptions, it says that it became one. Everything, in the end, is meant to be one.
By that I mean, man and woman are to become one flesh, the twelve tribes are to be only one house, and Israel is to be one with her God. We personally believe the two cherubim on top of the Ark, which was made of one piece of gold, stood for Judah and Ephraim coming together. Once again we see the details of the altar being made of brass. We know that brass stands for judgment. The altar itself was hollow. The basin also was made of brass. It was made from the bronze mirrors the women donated. These mirrors were not like the ones we use today, made of glass. But they were highly polished brass, so much so that you could partially see your reflection in them. You'll notice that YHVH put wisdom in the hearts of Betzal-El and Aholiav to 'teach others'. What good is the knowledge you are acquiring now if you keep it to yourself? Of course you have to be discerning as to who is willing to listen to you also. That's the drawback in getting old in life, you have all this life knowledge, but no one wants to listen to you:. But it's good you have already acquired all that knowledge, because now that you're old, your hearing is so bad you only catch about half of what everybody is saying around you:. There is an interesting thing to notice in this parasha, it says all the wise hearted brought silver and gold and brass and etc. But it says the rulers (or elders) were the ones to bring the onyx and stones for the Priests shoulder garment and breastplate. They also were the ones who brought the spices and the oil.
As you go through this parasha, you'll see a lot of curtains being made, sockets, boards and etc. etc. Just try and pay attention to the numbers, when and where they are used at. It has many number fives (Torah) in it, as well as fifties (Jubilees). Actually, this parasha is referring to building a body of believers. It's a picture of all the believers partnering together with one another to make up a Miskhan. Notice there are five curtains coupled together with each other. How many fingers do you have on one hand to hold someone else's hand with? The curtains were all one size, aren't we all the same in Yeshua's eyes? Some things pertain to a picture of Yeshua also as well as us. So the 'wise hearted' are still working today building the Tabernacle as they were back then. The Tabernacle now is not of wood or stone, but of people. Building that Tabernacle is of no less importance, so keep on building! Come back next time, as it will be the last Parasha in the book of Exodus. Then it will be off to Leviticus. That's generally not one of people's favorite books:. But come back anyway and give it try! Shalom
By that I mean, man and woman are to become one flesh, the twelve tribes are to be only one house, and Israel is to be one with her God. We personally believe the two cherubim on top of the Ark, which was made of one piece of gold, stood for Judah and Ephraim coming together. Once again we see the details of the altar being made of brass. We know that brass stands for judgment. The altar itself was hollow. The basin also was made of brass. It was made from the bronze mirrors the women donated. These mirrors were not like the ones we use today, made of glass. But they were highly polished brass, so much so that you could partially see your reflection in them. You'll notice that YHVH put wisdom in the hearts of Betzal-El and Aholiav to 'teach others'. What good is the knowledge you are acquiring now if you keep it to yourself? Of course you have to be discerning as to who is willing to listen to you also. That's the drawback in getting old in life, you have all this life knowledge, but no one wants to listen to you:. But it's good you have already acquired all that knowledge, because now that you're old, your hearing is so bad you only catch about half of what everybody is saying around you:. There is an interesting thing to notice in this parasha, it says all the wise hearted brought silver and gold and brass and etc. But it says the rulers (or elders) were the ones to bring the onyx and stones for the Priests shoulder garment and breastplate. They also were the ones who brought the spices and the oil.
As you go through this parasha, you'll see a lot of curtains being made, sockets, boards and etc. etc. Just try and pay attention to the numbers, when and where they are used at. It has many number fives (Torah) in it, as well as fifties (Jubilees). Actually, this parasha is referring to building a body of believers. It's a picture of all the believers partnering together with one another to make up a Miskhan. Notice there are five curtains coupled together with each other. How many fingers do you have on one hand to hold someone else's hand with? The curtains were all one size, aren't we all the same in Yeshua's eyes? Some things pertain to a picture of Yeshua also as well as us. So the 'wise hearted' are still working today building the Tabernacle as they were back then. The Tabernacle now is not of wood or stone, but of people. Building that Tabernacle is of no less importance, so keep on building! Come back next time, as it will be the last Parasha in the book of Exodus. Then it will be off to Leviticus. That's generally not one of people's favorite books:. But come back anyway and give it try! Shalom