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Exodus, Part 2: Holy Calling, Holy Place

  1. Lesson One
    National Covenant Initiated (Exodus 20-23)
    16 Activities
  2. Lesson Two
    National Covenant Formalized (Exodus 24, 32-34)
    12 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  3. Lesson Three
    Laws of the Divine King (Exodus 25-31)
    16 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  4. Lesson Four
    Sacred Place: Tabernacle (Exodus 25-27; 36-40)
    13 Activities
  5. Lesson Five
    Tabernacle as New Creation (Genesis 1-2; Exodus 26-40 review)
    14 Activities
  6. Course Wrap-Up
    Course Completion
    1 Activity
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    1 Assessment

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As we suggested, there are a number of textual parallels between the story of creation and the construction of the Tabernacle. Here are a few of them: 

The work is completed.

Thus the heavens and the earth were completed. 
Genesis 2:1 (NIV)

So all the work on the Tabernacle, the tent of meeting, was completed.
Exodus 39:32 (NIV)

The work is inspected and approved.

God saw all that He had made, and it was very good.
Genesis 1:31 (NIV)

Moses inspected the work and saw that they had done it just as the Lord had commanded.
Exodus 39:43 (NIV)

Again, the work is finished.

By the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing.
Genesis 2:2 (NIV)

And so Moses finished the work. 
Exodus 40:33 (NIV)

And there is a blessing.

Then God blessed the seventh day.
Genesis 2:3 (NIV)

So Moses blessed them. 
Exodus 39:43 (NIV)

These parallels reinforce the idea that God is committed to starting again with Israel. What He began with creation, He intends to finish through them.