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Make this tabernacle and all its furnishings exactly like the pattern I will show you...There, above the cover between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the Testimony, I will meet with you and give you all my commands for the Israelites. Exodus 25:9 and 22

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God is telling Moses to make a place of worship "exactly like the pattern". Later, He says that when this task is done, it will be the specific place where He will meet with Moses. It is there that Moses will receive God's commands for His people.

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Obedience and communion go together. This passage is telling me that God is a good communicator. He isn't coy about what He wants. I don't have to guess, but the intimate fellowship I have with Him will be "exactly like the pattern I show you". Obviously, it starts with Jesus, but it also continues with Him. As I read the Word (the pattern), and do what it says (exactly like...I show you), then He meets with me. I don't think it's a condition of meeting, as if I have to do it exactly right, or else. No, there's grace and mercy at His throne, because the Cross takes care of my condition, but obedience is the PLACE of meeting. It's the sacred place where communion dwells.

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Lord, please make me quick to listen, and even quicker to obey!