{"id":4565,"date":"2024-05-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-06T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/handstotheplow.org\/reading-plan\/may-6\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T08:20:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T13:20:37","slug":"may-6","status":"publish","type":"reading-plan","link":"https:\/\/handstotheplow.org\/am\/reading-plan\/may-6\/","title":{"rendered":"May 6"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Insight from Exodus<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the Old Testament, the Tabernacle is designated as<\/span><\/p>\n<ol style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cDwelling Place\u201d \u2013 Yahweh\u2019s residence and divine immanence<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cHoly place, Sanctuary\u201d \u2013 Yahweh\u2019s transcendent holiness<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cTent of appointment\/meeting\u201d \u2013 Place to encounter Yahweh<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe House of Yahweh\u201d \u2013 divine residence<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe Palace of Yahweh\u201d \u2013 residence of the divine king<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The tabernacle is an earthly model or picture of the heavenly reality (cf., Exod 25\u201326) and a microcosm of the cosmos. The revealed purpose of \u201cSacred Space\u201d (e.g., the Tabernacle) is (1) to provide a context for Moses to meet with God and to receive word from God for the people (Exod 25:21\u201322); (2) to provide a context for Israel as a nation to be brought to regular remembrance before the Lord (Exod 28:29\u201330); (3) to provide a context for Israel through their sacrifices to be declared holy to Yahweh and thus escape his wrath (Exod 28:36\u201338); (4) to provide a context for the priests to serve the people before Yahweh without dying (Exod 28:35, 42\u201343; 30:20\u201321); and (5) to provide a means for Israel to know God rightly and to enjoy lasting relationship with him (Exod 29:44\u201346).<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"give_campaign_id":0,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_crdt_document":""},"class_list":["post-4565","reading-plan","type-reading-plan","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/handstotheplow.org\/am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reading-plan\/4565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/handstotheplow.org\/am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reading-plan"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/handstotheplow.org\/am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/reading-plan"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/handstotheplow.org\/am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}