The Vision of Moses: The Tabernacle
Stephen expresses gratitude for the gathering and shares insights on the vision of Moses, focusing on God's commissioning of Moses to lead the Israelites out of Egypt. He recounts how God performed miracles through Moses, ultimately guiding the Israelites to Mount Sinai, where He revealed His will and the Ten Commandments. These commandments were given to establish a holy relationship between God and His people, emphasizing the need for holiness and righteousness. Stephen highlights the importance of the tabernacle, which God instructed Moses to build as a dwelling place among His people, signifying God's desire to be close to humanity. He explains that the tabernacle represents not only Christ but also the church, which is the body of Christ. Stephen emphasizes that Jesus is the only way to God, and through Him, believers can access God's presence. He encourages the congregation to honor Christ and adhere to the biblical revelation, reminding them that the church is a continuation of God's work on earth. The message concludes with a call to encourage one another and pursue holiness in their walk with God.
Outline of Main Points
- Gratitude for gathering and introduction to Moses' vision.
- God's commissioning of Moses and miracles in Egypt.
- Revelation of the Ten Commandments at Mount Sinai.
- Importance of holiness and righteousness among God's people.
- Significance of the tabernacle as God's dwelling place.
- Tabernacle as a representation of Christ and the church.
- Jesus as the only way to God.
- Encouragement to honor Christ and adhere to biblical revelation.
- Call to encourage one another and pursue holiness.
4 Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles’ wings, and brought you unto myself. 5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine: 6 And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.
1 And God spake all these words, saying, 2 I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. 3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me. 4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: 5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; 6 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments. 7 Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. 8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: 10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: 11 For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
12 Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. 13 Thou shalt not kill. 14 Thou shalt not commit adultery. 15 Thou shalt not steal. 16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. 17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s.
19 Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, 20 By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
