Daniel Hyde

That might seem boring to us, the details and all the repetition and all the things about loops and clasps and curtains and poles and so forth.

But this is important for us.

The Spirit of God who inspired the Word put it there for a reason.

And he put all these details and all these chapters there for a reason.

He wanted the Israelites to take notice.

This is important stuff to be saved and to serve, to be redeemed and to worship.

And so it's important for us as those who believe that the Old Testament like the new is the inspired word of God.

that we take it up and understand its importance.

All these details might seem to us, again, insignificant.

Think about, just as an illustration, think about a pearl.

Pearl is a beautiful gem, and a pearl by itself is beautiful, but really by itself doesn't have much purpose.

or much use.

Ladies, you might think otherwise, but one pearl by itself really doesn't have much use.

But you take one pearl and add another pearl and then yet another, you can eventually make a necklace of pearls, which of course has a great use and shows great beauty.

When we read the tabernacle story,

From the Old Testament, we read each and every detail and we can see them isolated as little pearls.

But when we put them all together, they are like a beautiful necklace for helping us understand the beauty of the Lord and for us to serve him with gladness.

Well, how do we take all these details about the tabernacle and understand the truths of our relationship together?

with God.

This is the task of what we call hermeneutics, which is to derive out of Scripture its meaning.