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The Temple and the Tabernacle: A Study of God’s Dwelling Places from Genesis to Revelation is unavailable, but you can change that!

At various points in Israel’s history, God dwelt in specific, significant places, most notably in the tabernacle and the temple. These structures, meticulously planned, extravagantly furnished, and regularly frequented by the devout, were more than just places of worship and sacrifice. They were pictures of God’s relationship with his chosen people and of the atoning work that would be done by...

There are two major themes in Exodus. First is the theme of deliverance. God crashes into human history and delivers his people from their slavery in Egypt. “I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt” (e.g., Exod. 20:2) will be one of the central ways that God describes himself throughout the rest of the Old Testament. The deliverance of Israel from Egypt in the book of Exodus is the prototypical example of what salvation is in the
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