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Speaker 1: Most of us eat every day, some of us too

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much because yesterday's food is not enough to supply energy

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for today's needs. Why then, do some of us expect

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yesterday's portion of heavenly manna the word of God to

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keep us through today's challenges. On this program, we are

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going to change all of that. Let's experience God's words

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today and receive the power we need to live healthy,

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vibrant lives. Welcome to Your Daily Portion with your host,

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author speaker Elle David Harris.

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Speaker 2: Good morning, of morning, Good morning. It is Wednesday at

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September twenty four, twenty twenty five. Hello, my name is

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El David Harris. I am your host, and this is

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your Daily Portion where we give you God's word every

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single day, and today is no exception. We are continuing

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in our Lesson study series through the Book of Exodus,

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and our caption for today is God's Presence in the Tabernacle.

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God's Presence in the tab We'll get into that in

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just a moment, but first I like to say welcome

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us know where you are in the world at your

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Daily Portion dot com. This is one of the ways

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that we continue to build faith and fellowship. Let's pray, Father,

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thank you for tabernacling with us, for dwelling with us,

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dwelling among us, so that we can become like you.

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Please help us to welcome your presence in Jesus name.

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I pray Amen and Amen again, God's presence in the Tabernacle. Yeah. Yeah,

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aren't you glad that God wants to dwell among us?

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Aren't you glad? Let me go ahead and read from

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the book Patriarchs and Prophets, page three hundred and forty three,

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where it reads God himself directed that the Tabernacle be built.

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I want you to get that deep in your mind,

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because sometimes people treat that concept of the tabernacle in

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the Old Testament something like like people who have those

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living rooms or those sitting rooms with the plastic on

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the furniture where nobody's supposed to go in there. It's

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just somewhere to look at. It's something to conceptualize and

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look at and say, wow, isn't that wonderful? What a

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wonderful place, and can't get and there's no connection there.

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But when God had his manservant and the people to

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build a sanctuary, it was, let me continue the quote,

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that he might dwell among his people, and that he

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himself gave to Moses the plan of the structure, with

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particular directions as to its size and form, the materials

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to be used, and every article of furniture which it

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was to contain. And so God used this as an

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invitation for God's people to commune with him. For him

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to tabernacle with his people meant that they would get

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so close to God, not familiar in a way where

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it's lackadaisical or light or take him lightly, but for

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him to be so close to them that they could

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hear that he loved him, that he loved them, that

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they could see that He has only their best interest

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at heart when he had interactions with them, so that

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he could transform their lives. Because he knew that their

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mindset was still enslaved, They were still oppressed in their

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own mindsets. They were still in the meager means in

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their own mindset, they had poverty mindsets. He wanted to

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deliver his people from sin, sickness, and all of those

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things I mentioned and more. And so we don't need

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to see this as the unapproachable light which God is,

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but us God inviting us into his presence so that

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one day we will actually live there eternally. Okay. And

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so the Bible reads in the Bible reads in Exodus,

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chapter forty, verse thirty four, then a cloud covered the

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tent of the congregation, and the glory of the Lord

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filled the tabernacle. God's presence is both real and visible

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to his people. In that setting, the people of God

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knew that God was with them because they could see

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the cloud by day and the fire by night. They

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could see his presence as a daily reminder that they

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were not working or walking alone. And so for today,

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look for a daily reminder. Look for the reminder for

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this morning. Look for the reminder for this morning, this

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Wednesday morning, Like, how do I know that God is

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with me? Look for the reminder. Don't look for it

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somewhere else, Look for it where God has already shown

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that he would be with you. Look for those reminders

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of His presence in your life and acknowledge him with gratitude.

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He said, whether two or three are gathered together in

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his name, he would be in the midst of us.

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So when you're two or three gathered, even in this moment,

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we say, thank you God for being here. Thank you

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God for keeping your promise. He said that he inhabits

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the praises of his people. So when you begin to

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praise God, thank him for being among your peep, his people,

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or just with you. If you're the only one praising

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in the moment when he said I will always be

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with you, and I will never forsake you, then thank him.

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When you feel lonely, thank him for keeping his promise

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that he would never leave or forsake you. You understand,

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So look for those reminders and then acknowledge him with gratitude.

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Don't talk as if he's not here. Yeah yeah, yeah,

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yeah yeah. Verse thirty three of Exodus, chapter forty, the

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Bible reads, and he reared up the court around about

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the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the hanging

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of the court gate. So Moses finished the work. See

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God's work is perfect and complete. He doesn't start and

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then not finish. That's a principle. God finishes what he starts.

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He who began a good work in you, will complete

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it until the end. He will see it to completion.

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You understand, whatever you dedicate to him, whatever you put

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into his hands, he will keep it until that day,

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meaning the coming of the Lord. And so, just as

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God finished his work in creation and Moses completed the Tabernacle,

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God will also complete his work of redemption in us.

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He will not leave this thing undone. He will not

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leave us in a state where we're trying to figure

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out are we connected to God or not? Like is

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he gonna save me too or not? No, no, no,

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no no. God is completing his work. And so this

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action step is to trust, trust that the Lord, the

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one who began the good work in you, will bring

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it to completion. Now I'll give you the passage in

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Philippians chapter one and verse six. And our final lesson

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is coming in from Revelation chapter twenty one and verse three,

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and the Bible reads, and I heard a great voice

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out of heaven saying behold. That means that God wants

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you to give keen attention, to not just take a

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quick glance at but give keen attention to and begin

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to appreciate the beauty of the reality of whatever it

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is that you're beholding, you're looking at, you're imbibing, you're

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bringing in to all of your senses. Behold, the Tabernacle

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of God is with men again. God, Yes, but this

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time I'm going to show you something special and He

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will dwell with them. Well he said that in the

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Old Testament. Yes, yes, but I'm going to show you

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something even specialer. Is that a word If it's not,

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look it up in the dictionary. If it's not, then

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I'm saying it's a word today, it's specialer. And they

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shall be His people what and God himself will be

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with them and be their God. This is at the

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end of all things. Brothers and sisters, we know that

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the old system of sacrifices was fulfilled in Christ and

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therefore nullified any use of that in twenty twenty five.

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But it was pointing in fact and indeed to how

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God does what he does, and the ultimate reality, the

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ultimate fulfillment that He was ushering us into, is being

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in His presence forever and ever and ever and ever

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and ever world without end. You understand what I'm saying.

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And so this revelation text is pointing to the day

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when finally we see that holy city, New Jerusalem, coming

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down from God out of heaven as a bride adorned

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for her husband. And finally, finally, when sin and sinners

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will be no more, Finally, finally with unbroken praise, Finally,

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finally with no more distractions or things that get people

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off track. This will be our reality. So live each

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day as a citizen of what I just describe to you,

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God's coming kingdom, preparing for that eternal fellowship beginning right now.

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God's presence is among his people. Are you in his presence? Peace?

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Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us listening. Friends, Always remember we cannot

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live by bread alone, but by every word that comes

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from the mouth of God. This has been your daily

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portion with el David Harris. Make it a great day. Yeah,