GOD’S BUILDINGS AND FOREMEN
Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith He, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.” Hebrews 8:5.
Several centuries before God told Moses to build, He told Noah to build an ark. God said to Noah, in Genesis 6:14: “Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.” Now Genesis 7:6: “And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.” Noah built that ark strictly according to the Divine pattern.
Now God’s order to Moses in Exodus 25:9 - Exodus 35:10 and 11 and Exodus 39:42 and 43: “According to all that I shew thee, after the pattern of the tabernacle, the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so shall ye make it.” “And every wise hearted among you shall come, and make all that the Lord hath commanded: The tabernacle, his tent, and his covering,” “According to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so the children of Israel made all the work. And Moses did look upon all the work, and, behold, they had done it as the Lord had commanded, even so had they done it: and Moses blessed them.”
God had another foreman for the building of the temple. His name was King Solomon. “And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither, so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.” “So he (Solomon) built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar.”
Now we read Acts 15:16 - “After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up.” This is to be a very large building that will mean much to this world. Then we quote Ephesians 4:11 and 12 - I Corinthians 3:10, Philippians 3:17 and I Timothy 1:16 “And He gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, and for the edifying (building up) of the Body of Christ.” “According to the grace of God which is given unto me (Paul), as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon, But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.” “Brethren, be followers together of me.” “Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern.”
God’s foremen were Noah, Moses, Solomon, Christ and David, Christ and Paul.
God is, and always has been, a great Builder, with human foremen and permitting men to help Him build. The Lord Jesus Christ was more than Foreman in creation. (John 1:1 to 4 - Colossians 1:15 to 17). Christ made all things, the heavens and the earth. In Ephesians 5:26 and 27, we read that Christ’s finished Church will be glorious, holy and spotless. God’s faithful foreman always worked according to the blue prints and specifications and built according to God’s patterns,
God chose Noah to build the judgment proof ark. (Hebrews 11:7). God chose Moses to be His foreman in building the tabernacle. His many helpers did not deviate from the instructions of their foremen. The Scriptures (Exodus) above tell the story. If each of the twelve tribes had disregarded the Lord’s instructions through His foreman, as do most of the 250 sectarian churches today, what would have resulted?
Solomon had foremen under him and a multitude of workers. But they received all instructions from Solomon, the foreman.
Christ and King David and the twelve apostles will have most important places over Israel in rebuilding the tabernacle of David. (Amos 9:11 to 15 - Matthew 19:27 and 28). Surely Christ gave Paul the blue prints and specifications to build one and only one Church. Let’s build according to the pattern.
Cecil Spivey
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