旧约 - 出埃及记(Exodus)第40章

Then the LORD said to Moses:
"Set up the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting, on the first day of the first month.
Place the ark of the Testimony in it and shield the ark with the curtain.
Bring in the table and set out what belongs on it. Then bring in the lampstand and set up its lamps.
Place the gold altar of incense in front of the ark of the Testimony and put the curtain at the entrance to the tabernacle.
"Place the altar of burnt offering in front of the entrance to the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting;
place the basin between the Tent of Meeting and the altar and put water in it.
Set up the courtyard around it and put the curtain at the entrance to the courtyard.
"Take the anointing oil and anoint the tabernacle and everything in it; consecrate it and all its furnishings, and it will be holy.
Then anoint the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils; consecrate the altar, and it will be most holy.
Anoint the basin and its stand and consecrate them.
"Bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and wash them with water.
Then dress Aaron in the sacred garments, anoint him and consecrate him so he may serve me as priest.
Bring his sons and dress them in tunics.
Anoint them just as you anointed their father, so they may serve me as priests. Their anointing will be to a priesthood that will continue for all generations to come."
Moses did everything just as the LORD commanded him.
So the tabernacle was set up on the first day of the first month in the second year.
When Moses set up the tabernacle, he put the bases in place, erected the frames, inserted the crossbars and set up the posts.
Then he spread the tent over the tabernacle and put the covering over the tent, as the LORD commanded him.
He took the Testimony and placed it in the ark, attached the poles to the ark and put the atonement cover over it.
Then he brought the ark into the tabernacle and hung the shielding curtain and shielded the ark of the Testimony, as the LORD commanded him.
Moses placed the table in the Tent of Meeting on the north side of the tabernacle outside the curtain
and set out the bread on it before the LORD, as the LORD commanded him.
He placed the lampstand in the Tent of Meeting opposite the table on the south side of the tabernacle
and set up the lamps before the LORD, as the LORD commanded him.
Moses placed the gold altar in the Tent of Meeting in front of the curtain
and burned fragrant incense on it, as the LORD commanded him.
Then he put up the curtain at the entrance to the tabernacle.
He set the altar of burnt offering near the entrance to the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting, and offered on it burnt offerings and grain offerings, as the LORD commanded him.
He placed the basin between the Tent of Meeting and the altar and put water in it for washing,
and Moses and Aaron and his sons used it to wash their hands and feet.
They washed whenever they entered the Tent of Meeting or approached the altar, as the LORD commanded Moses.
Then Moses set up the courtyard around the tabernacle and altar and put up the curtain at the entrance to the courtyard. And so Moses finished the work.
Then the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
Moses could not enter the Tent of Meeting because the cloud had settled upon it, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
In all the travels of the Israelites, whenever the cloud lifted from above the tabernacle, they would set out;
but if the cloud did not lift, they did not set out--until the day it lifted.
So the cloud of the LORD was over the tabernacle by day, and fire was in the cloud by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel during all their travels.
出埃及记第四十章   第 40 章 

  出 40:1-33> 小心谨慎,完全顺服,毫不偏离地遵命,摩西全然做到;我做到了吗? 

  40:1-33 摩西在建造和立起会幕的事上,小心翼翼地连最小的细节都遵照神的指示。值得注意的是,摩西造会幕,是十足地照神所描述的式样来做,而不是八九成相似就够了。我们应当效法摩西的榜样,做到毫厘不差地顺服神。一旦神吩咐你去做事,你就要做到尽善尽美。 

  出 40:16> 核心领导,团队搭配,齐心努力,兴旺福音的工作…… 

  40:16 神吩咐摩西怎样建造会幕,他再把任务交给多人去分担。他邀约百姓和他一同遵行神的旨意,在这件事上同工。我们的任务不是坐下来观看神的作为,乃是要尽上最大的努力,促其完成。 

  出 40:17-33> 竖立会幕,一丝不苟;今天教会各项工作,岂不要同样对待? 

  40:17-33 竖立会幕的工作,有许多道工序,每一项工作对于神的居所皆很重要。现在这个原则同样是重要的。今天神的居所就是教会,要想保持教堂屋宇清洁整齐、美观,就有一些看来不太起眼的工作要做,例如,打扫、清理器皿等等。但在敬拜神的事上,这些事务都是教会工作不可缺少的环节。 

  出 40:34> 会幕──圣殿──教会── 

  40:34 会幕是神在地上的居所,神以祂的荣耀充满这会幕──那是祂亲自莅临的威仪。大约五百年以后,所罗门建造圣殿,以代替会幕作为以色列人的敬拜中心,神的荣耀也充满圣殿(参代下 5:13-14 )。但是,在以色列人离弃神的时候,祂的荣耀就离开那殿,并且让圣殿被入侵的军队拆毁(参王下 25:1-21 )。在公元前 516 年,以色列人重建圣殿。神的荣耀甚至比以前更光辉灿烂地莅临,大约又过了五个世纪以后,神的儿子耶稣基督进入圣殿,教导群众。当主耶稣被钉在十字架上的时候,神的荣耀再一次离开那殿。不过,在主耶稣从死里复活以后,神已不再需要物质的圣殿。祂的殿现在乃是教会,就是由被召的信徒所组成的属灵团体。 

  出 40:38> 神带以色列人出埃及;主耶稣带我们走天路;从以色列人走过的路,我看到自己── 

  40:38 以色列人以前是埃及人的奴隶,神带领他们脱离奴役。这一节经文则说他们随云柱与火柱的引领,跟着为神所造的会幕前进。出埃及记开头是一片黑暗,结束时则有荣光照耀。这与我们基督徒属灵行程非常相似,我们在未信主前作罪的奴仆,蒙神救赎后,开始行走天路,以后与神永远同在。以色列人一路所学的功课,也是我们今天的课题。──《灵修版圣经注释》