The Tabernacle, the dwelling place of ‘I AM’ among His people was built in the wilderness. It was a shadow of the Tabernacle in the heavenly realm and took one year to construct. The objects within the Tent of Meeting were created from specific instructions given to Moshe. The Menorah was built according to what Moshe was shown on the mountain. The Temple services were performed by a Levitical priesthood with a high priest from the lineage of Aaron, Moshe’s brother (Exodus 35-36). This Tabernacle was where Adonai met with and lived with His people.
Month: September 2014
Listen to the Shofar Blasts (Audio)
Yom Teruah, 2014. My husband blowing the shofar.
Rosh Hashanah: A Shofar and a Crown
The civil new year is used to count years. For example, every 50 years on the ‘tenth day of the seventh month,’ the shofar was sounded to begin the Year of Jubilee. Property was returned to its original owners and people went back home to their tribal lands to begin the 50-year cycle again. A similar command was given for the ‘year of release’ or shemitah. Every seven years was a shemitah when slaves would be released, debts would be dissolved, and the land would be given rest from planting. This ‘year of release’ began on Rosh Hashanah and ended before sunset the next Rosh Hashanah.