Introduction: When hiring a contractor to build a home, we give him specifics of our expectations. The number and size of each room and the materials and furnishings are given to draftsmen to draw up plans. With our desires in writing, we sign a contract with confidence, knowing if a problem arises, the contract and plans will always point out exactly what was agreed upon.
Plans reveal expectations. God has done exactly the same thing at pivotal moments. When God commanded Noah to build the ark, He gave the type of wood (gopher); the exact length, width and height; and the number of decks, doors and windows. Only God knew the forces of the flood and the room needed for each animal. This exact pattern was necessary to save them. It was a fellowship between God who knew what was needed, and Noah who built it. This fellowship ended well because Noah did exactly what he was told: “Thus Noah did; according to all that God commanded him, so he did” (Gen. 6:22; 7:5).
God’s very first revelation to Moses on Mount Sinai did exactly the same thing. He wanted Moses to construct a sanctuary. He again gave precise measurements and specific materials for the structure and all its furnishings: “And let them make Me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them. According to all that I show you, that is, the pattern of the tabernacle and the pattern of all its furnishings, just so you shall make it.” (Ex. 25:8-9, 40; 26:30; Num. 8:4). Along with furnishings were details of how the priests would work within it with daily, monthly and annual sacrifices. Moses did exactly what God asked and the Book of Leviticus closed with everything built and working exactly as God had commanded.
Plans reveal expectations. God has done exactly the same thing at pivotal moments. When God commanded Noah to build the ark, He gave the type of wood (gopher); the exact length, width and height; and the number of decks, doors and windows. Only God knew the forces of the flood and the room needed for each animal. This exact pattern was necessary to save them. It was a fellowship between God who knew what was needed, and Noah who built it. This fellowship ended well because Noah did exactly what he was told: “Thus Noah did; according to all that God commanded him, so he did” (Gen. 6:22; 7:5).
God’s very first revelation to Moses on Mount Sinai did exactly the same thing. He wanted Moses to construct a sanctuary. He again gave precise measurements and specific materials for the structure and all its furnishings: “And let them make Me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them. According to all that I show you, that is, the pattern of the tabernacle and the pattern of all its furnishings, just so you shall make it.” (Ex. 25:8-9, 40; 26:30; Num. 8:4). Along with furnishings were details of how the priests would work within it with daily, monthly and annual sacrifices. Moses did exactly what God asked and the Book of Leviticus closed with everything built and working exactly as God had commanded.