Exo 30 - Unclean Incense?

How do you measure it's worth? Is by what it's made of?  God made sure to keep Israel humble by building His place of worship out of all the riches they received from their previous masters.  

The interesting thing about God picking out furniture for His house is that each and everyone has a purpose.  Why did God set it up this way?  Why so much detail?  Here's a hint, it all points to Jesus.

If God is super specific about a set of blueprints for His tent maybe we should perk up and try and find out why.  God always has a reason for His commands and it's our job to glean the most from it.

The saddest part about being in a rough situation is that often we don't see the beauty or purpose of it later on.  Every scar, hard lesson or life altering experience we have God can "work together for good for those who love God, for those who are called according to His purpose." Use the difficulty!

The strangest thing that will ever happen to those who truly love the Lord is the farther we escape the darkness of sin and run into His light the easier it is to see the darkness that still remains in our heart.  The bigger question is are you running to the light or muting it?

God once again has had His fill with humanity and it's pride filled nature.  But once again a way out from the well deserved destruction was provided.

Could Israel get any lower?  They had just made a covenant with their creator and in a few short days break said promise.  Well, I think this whole episode could be summed up in one phrase, "Israel was almost as good a sinner as we are."    

The Sabbath topic may be one of the more hotly debated topics in scripture we can all agree that Jesus is the "Lord of the Sabbath".

Continuing in the tabernacle blueprints we find that God was even particular about the way they made the incense.  Although it was made up of unclean animal parts.  That would be a great talking point.

Each offering had a significant meaning to the Lord and to add to that point we must also keep in mind Moses was given these blueprints from God's tabernacle in Heaven.