King James Daily Bible Study: Your Reward Has Come
Date: Sunday January 30, 2011
Chapters: Exodus 38,39
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Details of Today's Reading: Moses and the willing Israelites continue to finish building the tabernacle, the ephod is built, and the tabernacle is complete.

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The word labor is defined as productive activity, physical or mental work, working for wages. How many of us can actually say that we are getting paid the wages we deserve for the activity we produce? Some may say, “I do not get paid enough”, some may say “I have a great paying job”, but what most will not say is,” I am getting paid too much.”The Bible says, “Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour. For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building...Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is. If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward. If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.” - I Corinthians 3:8,9,13-15. The fire is God, the wages we earn come from God, the more we labor in God's will the more we receive. Sometimes we are paid too much and suffer a loss because we simply stop doing the labor, sometimes God tests us by not paying us enough to see if we will remain faithful to our job. When you least expect it God will say, “You reward has come”.

God instructed Moses on how He wanted His dwelling place to be built, people willingly gave items and helped construct the pieces, they did the labor necessary to complete the tabernacle exactly to God's specifications. Moses built the altar of burnt offering.

“And he made the horns thereof on the four corners of it; the horns thereof were of the same: and he overlaid it with brass. And he made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, and the shovels, and the basons, and the fleshhooks, and the firepans: all the vessels thereof made he of brass. And he made for the altar a brasen grate of network under the compass thereof beneath unto the midst of it.” - Exodus 38:2-4.

The altar of burnt offering was a foreshadow of Christ, every piece represents Christ offering Himself as the sacrifice that would put an end to need for sacrificing animals. “For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect...For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins. Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:” - Hebrews 10:1,4,5.

The workmen took great care to make all according to God’s will, God delights in sincere obedience and keeps exact account of it. Now, came the time for the ephods to be built, the garments that the priests would wear when doing service for God.

“And of the blue, and purple, and scarlet, they made cloths of service, to do service in the holy place, and made the holy garments for Aaron; as the LORD commanded Moses. And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. And they did beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires, to work it in the blue, and in the purple, and in the scarlet, and in the fine linen, with cunning work...The cloths of service to do service in the holy place, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and his sons' garments, to minister in the priest's office. ” - Exodus 39:1-3,41.

Before the priests were even able to minister to people they had to be cleansed and apply these garments on them. Those that wear robes of honor must look upon them as clothes of service, for those whom such a honor is given, from them service is expected. Holy garments were not made for men to sleep in, but to do service in, and then they are indeed for glory and beauty. These also foreshadowed Christ. “And he spake also a parable unto them; No man putteth a piece of a new garment upon an old; if otherwise, then both the new maketh a rent, and the piece that was taken out of the new agreeth not with the old.” - Luke 5:36. All believers are spiritual priests, they are cleansed, and their holy, priestly garments are applied to them. All who converse with you should be able to see that you are properly clothed as God’s representatives.

Finally, the tabernacle is complete, all the people gather around to see the amazing place they built for God. “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.” - Exodus 39:42,43.

God never lets our labor go unnoticed, He always rewards us for the things that we do for Him, He may makes us wait a while, but He never goes back on His promises. “But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.” - Hebrews 11:6.

There is one things that we can never do enough work for and that is our salvation. We have all come short of that glory, even the tiniest little white lie is sin to God. God despises sin and because of that no amount of work can be done to pay for the wages of sin.”For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” - Romans 3:23.

Jesus is the only one who can pay the wages of sin for us, He paid for it by giving His life for us. “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.” - Ephesians 2:8,9.

Now, once you get saved, that is when your labor counts and your rewards come, your first as far most greatest reward is eternal life and the Kingdom of God in heaven, but your blessings here on earth come as we do the things we do in God's will. We can still have the things we have in God's will, in fact, He gives us better things. “Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. Delight thyself also in the LORD: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.” - Psalm 37:3,4. Praise God!

Jesus Christ Revealed: Today Jesus is revealed through the altar of burnt offering. “By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.” - Hebrews 10:10.

Thanks and God Bless You, I am praying for you,
Christina

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