Growing Deeper In Worship (13)
Monday 19 January 2026
Lessons From Moses’ Tabernacle (1)
Let us now delve deeper in our study of true worship, and there’s no better place to start than Moses and the Tabernacle.
Exodus 24:12 NKJV
“Then the LORD said to Moses, “Come up to Me on the mountain and be there; and I will give you tablets of stone, and the law and commandments which I have written, that you may teach them.”
God called Moses up to heaven and showed Him the pattern for worship. Then God commanded Moses to build and establish an exact replica of what he had been shown, with its peculiar instructions and laws, in order to demonstrate the whole worship experience to the people of Israel.
Hebrews 8:4-5 NLT
“[4] If he were here on earth, he would not even be a priest, since there already are priests who offer the gifts required by the law. [5] They serve in a system of worship that is only a copy, a shadow of the real one in heaven. For when Moses was getting ready to build the Tabernacle, God gave him this warning: “Be sure that you make everything according to the pattern I have shown you here on the mountain.””
As instructed by the Lord, Moses carefully built and established a ritualistic form of worship which evolved around a tabernacle and a priesthood.
THE TABERNACLE
First of all, Moses built a tabernacle, which consisted of the following:
1. The Outer Court – in which were the Brazen Altar and Brazen Laver
2. The Holy Place – in which were the Golden Lampstand, Table of Showbread and Altar of Incense
3. The Most Holy Place – in which was the Ark of the Covenant (with a veil separating it from the Holy Place)
THE PRIESTHOOD
Secondly, Moses was instructed to carefully institute a priesthood to attend to the rituals of worship in the three components of the tabernacle. Thus, the tribe of Levi was chosen and Aaron and his sons were chosen and consecrated as High Priest and priests respectively, to serve the LORD God in worship.
We need to bear in mind that what Moses was shown by God in heaven was the real and original pattern for worship; and the tabernacle that Moses built and established on the earth was an exact copy, replica or shadow of that heavenly one. This means that Moses’ tabernacle (the copy) can teach us critical lessons about what God expects from us, to whom the heavenly pattern of worship has been made available in Christ.
Colossians 2:17 (ESV)
“These are a shadow of the things to come, but the substance belongs to Christ.”
Romans 15:4 (NKJV)
For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we through the patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope.”
It is important for us, who are in Christ, to know these things because we have been made a royal priesthood in Him. The Bible tells us that we have been made kings-priests to our God, and that is why we must understand what God expects from us in worship, especially as His priesthood on the earth, not after the pattern of Aaron (the copy), but after Jesus Christ (Melchizedek, the true one).
1 Peter 2:9 TPT
“But you are God’s chosen treasure—priests who are kings, a spiritual nation set apart as God’s devoted ones. He called you out of darkness to experience his marvelous light, and now he claims you as his very own. He did this so that you would broadcast his glorious wonders throughout the world.”
Revelation 5:9-10 NKJV
[9] And they sang a new song, saying: “You are worthy to take the scroll, and to open its seals; for You were slain, and have redeemed us to God by Your blood out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation, [10] and have made us kings and priests to our God; and we shall reign on the earth.”
• For Further Reading: To understand these teachings further, take time to read from Exodus Chapters 24 to 40; Deuteronomy 19; Hebrews Chapters 8 and 9.
© Author: Apostle Jennifer Abigail Lawson Wallace
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Fulfilling Our Theme For 2026: “BEHOLD JESUS CHRIST”
“When I turned to see who was speaking to me, I saw seven gold lampstands. [13] And standing in the middle of the lampstands was someone like the Son of Man. He was wearing a long robe with a gold sash across his chest. [14] His head and his hair were white like wool, as white as snow. And his eyes were like flames of fire. [15] His feet were like polished bronze refined in a furnace, and his voice thundered like mighty ocean waves. [16] He held seven stars in his right hand, and a sharp two-edged sword came from his mouth. And his face was like the sun in all its brilliance.” [Revelation 1:12-16]
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