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 “Not a Swear Word”

 

We have begun a new series entitled: “The Inner Ear of the Spirit.” It's vitally important to be able to “hear” – and, in a spiritual sense it means more than just to listen.

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I want to talk about that word “tabernacle” today. Tabernacle in Biblical terms is a noun and a verb… it means a dwelling or tent. But in another sense means to dwell, to commune, to fellowship.  To tabernacle - means to dwell together with God - that He has made His dwelling with you.

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But the tabernacle has its origins in the Old Testament - as a tent where God would meet with man. The Tabernacle was called the tent of meeting. Moses desired to” tabernacle” with the Lord - to get together with the Lord and speak to Him. He had to hear from the Lord.

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Exodus 33: 7 Moses took his tent and pitched it outside the camp, far from the camp, and called it the tabernacle of meeting.

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Moses took his tent - he selected a different path – “I'm taking my tent and I'm headed for another location” - if I'm going to hear from God, I have to remove myself from these people. There are times in our spiritual life where we need to have a time of solace, separateness – even fasting.

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Moses made sure his tent was a good distance from everyone else, almost a mile away - why? Because there were worldly people on the journey to the promised land - some of them were coming along reluctantly, some held on to Egypt – with their jewellery, trinkets, ornaments and even their idols - some of the people were malcontent, rebellious and they were intent on mutiny.

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In hearing from God on an ongoing basis you need a life of devotion, prayer; a life of commitment and separation - in short, to get away from the world.

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Hebrews 13: 12 And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate, to sanctify the people by His own blood. 13 Therefore let us go to Him outside the camp, bearing the disgrace He bore.