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Discover the Arts! Each day a different image from the Literary, Performing, or Visual Arts representing a portion of Scripture plus an explanation with links and a discussion forum 2013 December 25
Image 1: Tabernacle
Logos Bible Software
Graphics by Karbel Multimedia Copyright 2008 Logos Bible Software
Electronic Graphics Image
Image Source: Theology in Sneakers
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Image 2: The Ark of the Covenant
Graphics Image
Image Source: Mishkan Ministries Org
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Image 3: Altarpiece with the Mercy Seat (1260-1270)
Unknown German Master (fl. mid 13th Century)
Gothic Style
Staatliche Museen, Berlin, Germany
Image Source: Web Gallery of Art
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Image 4: The Table of Shewbread
Image
Image Source: Grace Bible Church of Decatur
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Image 5: The Menorah (1816)
Luigi Ademollo (1764-1849)
Naturalism or Realism Style; Florentine School
Room of the Ark, Galleria Palatina (Palazzo Pitti), Florence, Italy
Image Source: Web Gallery of Art
Explanation: The images above are self-explanatory, except, perhaps, for the third. It is a depiction of the crucified Christ being placed on the Mercy Seat by God the Father -- God's supreme act of mercy.
In Exodus 25 the LORD begins a 7 chapter description of how to make and furnish the Tabernacle and to install its priests and attendants. In chapter 25 the LORD describes the first four main items for the Tabernacle. He begins by commanding that a collection be taken of gold, silver, bronze, fabrics, skins, oil, spices, and precious stones for a sanctuary in which he would dwell in the midst of Israel, made according to the pattern he showed to Moses (1-9). First, the people of Israel were to make an ark (or chest) of acacia wood, covered inside and out with gold, having four rings, and carried with gold covered poles placed permanently through the rings. Into this ark God commanded Moses to put the testimony that God gave to him (10-16). The mercy seat was the next item to be made. It was a gold lid for the ark. Two cherubim were to be attached to the ends of the mercy seat, and their wings were to cover it. It was there that God would meet with Moses and give his regulations (17-22). The Israelites were also to make a table of acacia wood, overlain with gold. Like the ark, it was to be carried with poles placed through rings. It was to be supplied with golden plates, dishes, flagons, and bowls to use for pouring drink offerings. And the Bread of the Presence ('Shewbread' or 'Showbread') was to be kept on it constantly (23-30). A fourth item was a golden lampstand, ornately made, with seven lamps -- three branching out on each side and one in the middle. Tongs and trays were to be supplied for it (31-40).
Exodus 25
1 The LORD said to Moses,
2 "Speak to the people of Israel, that they take for me a contribution. From every man whose heart moves him you shall receive the contribution for me.
3 And this is the contribution that you shall receive from them: gold, silver, and bronze,
4 blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen, goats' hair,
5 tanned rams' skins, goatskins, acacia wood,
6 oil for the lamps, spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense,
7 onyx stones, and stones for setting, for the ephod and for the breastpiece.
8 And let them make me a sanctuary, that I may dwell in their midst.
9 Exactly as I show you concerning the pattern of the tabernacle, and of all its furniture, so you shall make it.
10 "They shall make an ark of acacia wood. Two cubits and a half shall be its length, a cubit and a half its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height.
11 You shall overlay it with pure gold, inside and outside shall you overlay it, and you shall make on it a molding of gold around it.
12 You shall cast four rings of gold for it and put them on its four feet, two rings on the one side of it, and two rings on the other side of it.
13 You shall make poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.
14 And you shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry the ark by them.
15 The poles shall remain in the rings of the ark; they shall not be taken from it.
16 And you shall put into the ark the testimony that I shall give you.
17 "You shall make a mercy seat of pure gold. Two cubits and a half shall be its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth.
18 And you shall make two cherubim of gold; of hammered work shall you make them, on the two ends of the mercy seat.
19 Make one cherub on the one end, and one cherub on the other end. Of one piece with the mercy seat shall you make the cherubim on its two ends.
20 The cherubim shall spread out their wings above, overshadowing the mercy seat with their wings, their faces one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubim be.
21 And you shall put the mercy seat on the top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the testimony that I shall give you.
22 There I will meet with you, and from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim that are on the ark of the testimony, I will speak with you about all that I will give you in commandment for the people of Israel.
23 "You shall make a table of acacia wood. Two cubits shall be its length, a cubit its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height.
24 You shall overlay it with pure gold and make a molding of gold around it.
25 And you shall make a rim around it a handbreadth wide, and a molding of gold around the rim.
26 And you shall make for it four rings of gold, and fasten the rings to the four corners at its four legs.
27 Close to the frame the rings shall lie, as holders for the poles to carry the table.
28 You shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold, and the table shall be carried with these.
29 And you shall make its plates and dishes for incense, and its flagons and bowls with which to pour drink offerings; you shall make them of pure gold.
30 And you shall set the bread of the Presence on the table before me regularly.
31 "You shall make a lampstand of pure gold. The lampstand shall be made of hammered work: its base, its stem, its cups, its calyxes, and its flowers shall be of one piece with it.
32 And there shall be six branches going out of its sides, three branches of the lampstand out of one side of it and three branches of the lampstand out of the other side of it;
33 three cups made like almond blossoms, each with calyx and flower, on one branch, and three cups made like almond blossoms, each with calyx and flower, on the other branch-so for the six branches going out of the lampstand.
34 And on the lampstand itself there shall be four cups made like almond blossoms, with their calyxes and flowers,
35 and a calyx of one piece with it under each pair of the six branches going out from the lampstand.
36 Their calyxes and their branches shall be of one piece with it, the whole of it a single piece of hammered work of pure gold.
37 You shall make seven lamps for it. And the lamps shall be set up so as to give light on the space in front of it.
38 Its tongs and their trays shall be of pure gold.
39 It shall be made, with all these utensils, out of a talent of pure gold.
40 And see that you make them after the pattern for them, which is being shown you on the mountain.
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