Feb 6 - God Likes A Good Paaaaaaaaarty

"Each year you must celebrate three festivals in my honor." How do you like those instructions! He gives specific instructions on what to do and says that He will basically run the whole show for the building of a great nation for Moses and His people. It will be "from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea, and from the Eastern wilderness to the Euphrates River." God tells Moses to come on back up the mountain and stay there "I will give him the tablets of stone on which I have inscribed the instructions and commands so you can teach the people."

He then gives Moses specific instructions on what to tell the people of Israel and have them build a holy sanctuary so He could live among them. Lots of information on specifics on the the Ark he was to build of acacia wood overlay it inside and out with pure gold, 27 inches wide and 27 inches high, cast 4 gold rings to carry it, cover is to be 45 inches long and 27 inches wide, two cherubim from hammered gold on the cover, lampstands...etc...etc...etc. Today's reading God finishes with Moses by saying "Be sure that you make everything according to the pattern I have shown you here on the mountain." I sure hope it was a portable pattern that he could take with him and not something God drew in the dirt with a stick! I forgot the first instructions half way through the reading......

Jesus says talking about the end of days "However, no one knows the day or hour when these things will happen, not even the angels in heaven or the Son himself. Only the Father knows." So please stop guessing:) I think it all boils down to this Matthew 24:44 "You also must be ready all the time, for the Son of Man will come when least expected." ......That's the way I see it:)