In Exodus Chapter 35 to the end of Exodus...
Why does God need all that stuff? If he's all-powerful, why didn't he build it himself.
2007-10-02 20:28:07 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
My own education and teaching (via Edwin Yamauchi and the materials of Elaine Pagels, of Gnostic Gospels fame), is that you're taking this stuff MUCH TOO LITERALLY. These textural references are less literal and more METAPHORICAL. The experience of building the tabernacle was meant to convey the detail and they ornate, the attention to specificity, the individuality, the specialness, the high regard, just how much the Children of Israel MATTERED TO GOD. In demanding SO MUCH OF THEM, he meant to convey that he was asking NO MORE than he was requiring back.
2007-10-02 20:44:43 · answer #1 · answered by gwenkimcreates 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A human father could do all things by himself, but includes his children in his daily life, and wants to do things with them because he loves them. He wants to teach them, show them good things, share his life, and basically love on them.
Humans are made in the image of God… although we’ve corrupted this image and have become dysfunctional. Hence in our corrupted state, we think God is selfish like us, until we become renewed in our hearts & see the real heart of God.
As for all the specific details of the Tabernacle, every piece of the Tabernacle, individually and as a whole, had a symbolic meaning that looked forward to the Savior who was to come then, and who has now come, fulfilling the prophesies of His coming. This is Jesus Christ (Christ means Savior). The Tabernacle was a big teaching tool for people so that they will recognize the Savior when He finally came.
2007-10-03 03:42:55 · answer #2 · answered by Jedidiah 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Because God was telling a story about what would come in the future, and who it was that would come in the future, and what it meant for those who could see those things. It wasn't built so that man could kill animals and be saved, it was built so that God could prove to man the he was incapable of doing the Law, and tell of the types and shadows of the Holy One who would come and deliver His people. (Moses was even a 'type' of Christ.)
So all through the Tabernacle, God set into it 'types of Christ' and 'types of the works of Christ'.
And it wasn't because God 'needed' anything. Man needed. Man always needs things from God. So God doesn't 'need' prayers, He doesn't 'need' sacrifices, man needs those things.
2007-10-03 03:46:01 · answer #3 · answered by Christian Sinner 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The details of construction were from prophets themselves for love of God. We decorate our houses so they loved to decorate the house of God. Abraham built a small mosque (temple). Later prophet Solomon who was having a lot of wealth and resources made it in the nicest available shape with the help of selected material from all over the world, best architects and workers from men and Jin. This is Islamic view.
2007-10-03 03:39:32 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
You see, God would like to teach people how to give their own to God, express their love to God.
Beside, there must be some special hillarious to be unite and work togather to build something for them to worship God.
2007-10-03 05:02:33 · answer #5 · answered by Si semut 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
elhadir tuveta el shamir tuveta shika shika shika!
2007-10-03 03:30:54 · answer #6 · answered by Starz 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋