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Heavenly Pattern
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heavenly court, will be men and women who here on earth sought to
carry out the Lord’s will in every particular, who sought to put the
impress of heaven upon their earthly labors.
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The Lord gave an important lesson to His people in all ages when
to Moses on the mount He gave instruction regarding the building of
the tabernacle. In that work He required perfection in every detail.
Moses was proficient in all the learning of the Egyptians; he had a
knowledge of God, and God’s purposes had been revealed to him in
visions; but he did not know how to engrave and embroider.
Israel had been held all their days in the bondage of Egypt, and
although there were ingenious men among them, they had not been
instructed in the curious arts which were called for in the building
of the tabernacle. They knew how to make bricks, but they did not
understand how to work in gold or silver. How was the work to be
done? Who was sufficient for these things? These were questions
that troubled the mind of Moses.
Then God Himself explained how the work was to be accom-
plished. He signified by name the persons He desired to do a certain
work. Bezaleel was to be the architect. This man belonged to the
tribe of Judah—a tribe that God delighted to honor.
“And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, See, I have called by
name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah:
and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, and in
understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship,
to devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,
and in cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of timber, to
work in all manner of workmanship.
“And I, behold, I have given with him Aholiab, the son of
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Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan: and in the hearts of all that are
wisehearted I have put wisdom, that they may make all that I have
commanded thee.”
Exodus 31:1-6
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In order that the earthly tabernacle might represent the heavenly,
it must be perfect in all its parts, and it must be, in every smallest
detail, like the pattern in the heavens. So it is with the characters of
those who are finally accepted in the sight of heaven.
The Son of God came down to this earth that in Him men and
women might have a representation of the perfect characters which
alone God could accept. Through the grace of Christ every provision