exodus 25

Exodus 25:2:
“Speak to the children of Israel, that they bring Me an offering. From everyone who gives it willingly with his heart you shall take My offering.

​We need to be reminded that we give to the Lord, not to the church or denomination, or to pay the preacher. Giving should be an act of worship to God, out of willing hearts, because we have been redeemed at such a glorious price.

Exodus 25:8:
 And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.

The Tabernacle had to be a portable structure, for Israel had not yet reached their home in the new land. They were pilgrims in a foreign land. Today, we also have a portable place of worship: "For ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people" (II Corinthians 6:16).