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The Kandel Sisters The writings of Kris Kandel Schwambach, Karen Kandel Kizlin, Kathie Kandel Poe and Linda Kandel Maso

16/07/2025

Exodus
Today’s passage is fairly long, but it illustrates a couple of important characteristics about the Lord. First of all, our God cares about everything. Secondly, the Tabernacle was to be made with precision and accuracy, but God didn’t leave the details of this structure to the builders. God even gave them the information about how to construct it. And thirdly, these details are written in this 26th chapter of Exodus, but also in chapter 36. God thought this to be so important, that He included it twice.
“Make the tabernacle with ten curtains of finely twisted linen and blue, purple and scarlet yarn, with cherubim woven into them by a skilled worker. All the curtains are to be the same size—twenty-eight cubits long and four cubits wide. Join five of the curtains together, and do the same with the other five. Make loops of blue material along the edge of the end curtain in one set, and do the same with the end curtain in the other set. Make fifty loops on one curtain and fifty loops on the end curtain of the other set, with the loops opposite each other. Then make fifty gold clasps and use them to fasten the curtains together so that the tabernacle is a unit. Make curtains of goat hair for the tent over the tabernacle—eleven altogether. All eleven curtains are to be the same size—thirty cubits long and four cubits wide. Join five of the curtains together into one set and the other six into another set. Fold the sixth curtain double at the front of the tent. Make fifty loops along the edge of the end curtain in one set and also along the edge of the end curtain in the other set. Then make fifty bronze clasps and put them in the loops to fasten the tent together as a unit. As for the additional length of the tent curtains, the half curtain that is left over is to hang down at the rear of the tabernacle. The tent curtains will be a cubit longer on both sides; what is left will hang over the sides of the tabernacle so as to cover it.” Exodus 26:1-13
Every detail was important to God. How much more important to the Lord is every single detail in our lives.

15/07/2025

Exodus
“Make a lampstand of pure gold. Hammer out its base and shaft, and make its flowerlike cups, buds and blossoms of one piece with them. Six branches are to extend from the sides of the lampstand—three on one side and three on the other. Three cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms are to be on one branch, three on the next branch, and the same for all six branches extending from the lampstand. And on the lampstand there are to be four cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms. One bud shall be under the first pair of branches extending from the lampstand, a second bud under the second pair, and a third bud under the third pair—six branches in all. The buds and branches shall all be of one piece with the lampstand, hammered out of pure gold. Then make its seven lamps and set them up on it so that they light the space in front of it. Its wick trimmers and trays are to be of pure gold. A talent of pure gold is to be used for the lampstand and all these accessories. See that you make them according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.” Exodus‬ ‭25‬:‭31‬-‭40‬ ‭‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬
The instructions for this lampstand were very specific. It was to be built to order and be the only light source for the tabernacle.
This too was pointing to Jesus. He would be declared the Light of the World.
This lampstand has been rebuilt. At this moment it is behind bulletproof glass in Jerusalem, awaiting its invitation to be the light source in the third Temple. The plans are laid. The timing is uncertain.
Yes, these originals are all now gone, but the message continues. Each of these pieces was pointing to Jesus. Do we have eyes to see?

14/07/2025

Exodus
“Make a table of acacia wood—two cubits long, a cubit wide and a cubit and a half high. Overlay it with pure gold and make a gold molding around it. Also make around it a rim a handbreadth wide and put a gold molding on the rim. Make four gold rings for the table and fasten them to the four corners, where the four legs are. The rings are to be close to the rim to hold the poles used in carrying the table. Make the poles of acacia wood, overlay them with gold and carry the table with them. And make its plates and dishes of pure gold, as well as its pitchers and bowls for the pouring out of offerings. Put the bread of the Presence on this table to be before me at all times.” Exodus‬ ‭25‬:‭23‬-‭30‬ ‭‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬
The bread was to be twelve loaves, piled in two stacks of six each. It was unleavened bread. It was to be replaced every Sabbath. Tradition says it was still warm when it was to be used as food for the priests.
We are talking about how all of this points forward, so let’s take a look at this pointing to Christ.
Jesus is the Bread of Life.
There is no yeast in this bread. Yeast points to sin. There is no sin in Christ.
The twelve disciples would see Him distribute the loaves to the crowd and there would be leftovers for each of them.
He would show them how this bread was His body and when we eat this bread, we are to remember Him.
This bread was called the Bread of the Presence. He makes His presence real in our lives. We simply have to ask Him.

11/07/2025

Exodus
We have shared if we have eyes to see, Jesus can be seen on every page of Scripture.
He is in the description of the Tabernacle.
He is in the description of the ark.
“Have them make an ark of acacia wood—two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high. Overlay it with pure gold, both inside and out, and make a gold molding around it. Cast four gold rings for it and fasten them to its four feet, with two rings on one side and two rings on the other. Then make poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold. Insert the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry it. The poles are to remain in the rings of this ark; they are not to be removed. Then put in the ark the tablets of the covenant law, which I will give you. Make an atonement cover of pure gold—two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide. And make two cherubim out of hammered gold at the ends of the cover. Make one cherub on one end and the second cherub on the other; make the cherubim of one piece with the cover, at the two ends. The cherubim are to have their wings spread upward, overshadowing the cover with them. The cherubim are to face each other, looking toward the cover. Place the cover on top of the ark and put in the ark the tablets of the covenant law that I will give you. There, above the cover between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the covenant law, I will meet with you and give you all my commands for the Israelites.” Exodus‬ ‭25‬:‭10‬-‭22‬ ‭‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬
God was so specific in His directions.
Each piece of furniture was for a purpose.
This was for God to dwell with them.
This was tangible.
This was sacred.
The ark was where the blood of the lamb would be sprinkled, and the sins of the people covered each year. This was where the most holy name of God would be spoken on one special day each year, as the blood of the sacrifice was poured out on the covering, called the mercy seat. It meant that the sins of the people were covered for the year.
But it doesn’t stop there. This too is a picture, a type. When we read the description, we get to take a giant leap forward to the empty tomb.
“Now Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb and saw two angels in white, seated where Jesus’ body had been, one at the head and the other at the foot.” John‬ ‭20‬:‭11‬-‭12‬ ‭‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬
This is where Jesus was placed after His death. His blood most likely soaked through the torn pieces of cloth and pooled onto the stone grave bed. That blood shed for us is where we can receive God’s mercy.
As Mary looked in, she saw an angel at the head and one at the feet. In the ark of the covenant, the image carved in gold, we have an angel at the head. We have an angel at the foot.
In the garden tomb, the angels are there glowing in beauty.
The picture in Exodus….the fulfillment in John….the Ark of the Covenant…the promise of a risen Savior.
But here’s another question: Where is the ark today?
Some think the Queen of Sheba’s son took it to Ethiopia.
Others believe it was destroyed by the Babylonians.
The ancient historian, Josephus, says the prophet Jeremiah buried it under the Temple Mount.
Could it be there?
All of these are possibilities.
We do know this: It is not in a warehouse in Washington D.C.

10/07/2025

Exodus
Here’s a question: Why does the Lord want us to give? The text today gives directions to the Children of Israel to bring gifts for the building of the tabernacle. Why?
“The Lord said to Moses, ‘Tell the Israelites to bring me an offering. You are to receive the offering for me from everyone whose heart prompts them to give. These are the offerings you are to receive from them: gold, silver and bronze; blue, purple and scarlet yarn and fine linen; goat hair; ram skins dyed red and another type of durable leather; acacia wood; olive oil for the light; spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense; and onyx stones and other gems to be mounted on the ephod and breastpiece. Then have them make a sanctuary for me, and I will dwell among them. Make this tabernacle and all its furnishings exactly like the pattern I will show you.’” Exodus‬ ‭25‬:‭1‬-‭9‬ ‭‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬
Why give? Everyone who gave got to be a part of this beautiful structure. Everyone who gave was included in the sanctuary for the Lord. They shared in the building. They shared in the ministry. This was not a dwelling that left the people out. This was a dwelling that let them share and God was speaking that He was dwelling with them.
Giving at our churches is very much like that today. When we give to the work in our local churches, we are a part of the outreach. Missions becomes personal when we invest. We care more about the Christmas baskets we are delivering when we have helped to pack them. When we participate, pray, invest, give, we care more. The blessing becomes real. Being a part of God’s Kingdom work is not just something we hear about; it is something we live.
Israel got to live it too.
But this was bigger than giving. God was wanting them to make a sanctuary where He would dwell among them. Do we get that? God was wanting to dwell with them.
And He didn’t give these directions just for them. He wants to dwell with us. Every bit of this is a shadow, a picture, of what Jesus would do.
You see, Jesus came to tabernacle with us.
“The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.” John‬ ‭1‬:‭14‬ ‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬
The Tabernacle was pointing to the fact that Jesus would one day come to dwell with us. We give to His Kingdom, and we get to be a part. We invite Him and He comes to dwell within us.
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09/07/2025

Exodus
“Then Moses set out with Joshua his aide, and Moses went up on the mountain of God. He said to the elders, ‘Wait here for us until we come back to you. Aaron and Hur are with you, and anyone involved in a dispute can go to them.’ When Moses went up on the mountain, the cloud covered it, and the glory of the Lord settled on Mount Sinai. For six days the cloud covered the mountain, and on the seventh day the Lord called to Moses from within the cloud. To the Israelites the glory of the Lord looked like a consuming fire on top of the mountain. Then Moses entered the cloud as he went on up the mountain. And he stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights.” Exodus 24:13-18
When Moses first heard from the Lord in the burning bush, he was afraid. And of course, it seems perfectly logical to be afraid. A voice emanating from a bush on fire is a pretty amazing thing. But we see in this passage, that at this point Moses had walked with God for some time. He was no longer afraid to be in God’s presence. He had seen and experienced miracle after miracle. He had heard God speak and seen Him manifested in a cloud by day and fire by night. Moses walked to the mountain of God and climbed it. For the next forty days Moses experienced the glory of the Lord.
Are we comfortable in God’s presence?
Are we able to sit for periods of time with Him and His Word?
The more time we spend with Him, the more comfortable we become, and the more of God’s glory we get to experience. And that is time well spent.

08/07/2025

Exodus
There are generic invitations and many of us have received some of those. And then, there are lovely ones which include pictures and personal messages. But then, there are those written in beautifully embossed letters with laser cut-outs and tinged on the edges in gold.
Yet, no invitation could have rivaled the one Moses received. God invited Moses up to His mountain to get the words of God literally written in stone.
“Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and the seventy elders of Israel went up and saw the God of Israel. Under his feet was something like a pavement made of lapis lazuli, as bright blue as the sky. But God did not raise his hand against these leaders of the Israelites; they saw God, and they ate and drank. The Lord said to Moses, ‘Come up to me on the mountain and stay here, and I will give you the tablets of stone with the law and commandments I have written for their instruction.’” Exodus 24:9-12
Moses, some of the elders, and some of his most trusted men were invited to dine under the lapis lazuli flooring of the residence of God. Can you image the wonder of that? It must have been completely amazing.
But Moses received one of the finest invitations ever given. God asked Moses to join Him on the top of the mountain. How awesome that must have been.
And yet, the Lord invites each of us each day to join Him.
Jesus made that possible.

07/07/2025

Exodus
Worship often included a sacrifice, and most often that sacrifice included blood.
“Then he sent young Israelite men, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed young bulls as fellowship offerings to the Lord. Moses took half of the blood and put it in bowls, and the other half he splashed against the altar. Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it to the people. They responded, ‘We will do everything the Lord has said; we will obey.’ Moses then took the blood, sprinkled it on the people and said, ‘This is the blood of the covenant that the Lord has made with you in accordance with all these words.’” Exodus 24:5-8
Young bulls were slain, and their blood offered on the altar, and also sprinkled on the people. The blood was a sign of a covenant made by God. The people once again responded exactly right. “We will do everything the Lord has said; we will obey.”
They promised to obey. In theory, it was a perfect response, but we will see eventually that spoken words do not always translate into obedient actions.
A covenant was a sacred promise. God always keeps His promises.
Sadly, men do not.

04/07/2025

Exodus
The Lord issued an invitation.
“Then the Lord said to Moses, ‘Come up to the Lord, you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel. You are to worship at a distance, but Moses alone is to approach the Lord; the others must not come near. And the people may not come up with him.’ When Moses went and told the people all the Lord’s words and laws, they responded with one voice, ‘Everything the Lord has said we will do.’ Moses then wrote down everything the Lord had said. He got up early the next morning and built an altar at the foot of the mountain and set up twelve stone pillars representing the twelve tribes of Israel.” Exodus 24:1-4
Moses and Aaron, along with some of the leadership, were asked to draw near. The God of the Mountain asked them to come to closer worship.
The rest of the Children of Israel were supposed to watch and experience from a little farther away. When Moses explained it, they responded, “Everything the Lord has said we will do.”
What a great response!
It is the way we should respond to the instructions God has given us in His Word.
Moses, the scribe for the first five books of the Bible, was taking notes. He wrote down everything the Lord said.
Amazing!
Today we have the words of God written in the book of Exodus for us to read and understand. How grateful we are that we have what God has said. It was so significant then. It is so significant today.

03/07/2025

Exodus
“I will send my terror ahead of you and throw into confusion every nation you encounter. I will make all your enemies turn their backs and run. I will send the hornet ahead of you to drive the Hivites, Canaanites and Hittites out of your way. But I will not drive them out in a single year, because the land would become desolate and the wild animals too numerous for you. Little by little I will drive them out before you, until you have increased enough to take possession of the land. I will establish your borders from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea, and from the desert to the Euphrates River. I will give into your hands the people who live in the land, and you will drive them out before you. Do not make a covenant with them or with their gods. Do not let them live in your land or they will cause you to sin against me, because the worship of their gods will certainly be a snare to you.” Exodus 23:27-33
We are a “hurry up” kind of people. Waiting is not really in our generation’s DNA. We don’t love standing in lines to purchase our coffee or groceries or the gas for our cars. We’re not really fans of being held up in traffic. Waiting in a waiting room ranks up there with a root canal. We like the right now, the instant.
But God doesn’t always answer immediately. Sometimes the answer is that we must wait. And that’s what God did here.
God told the Israelites that moving into the Promised Land would be a process.
Reading this, don’t you just love the great precision with which God moves and the reasons behind the wait?
Here God was protecting His people from what could prove to be their downfall.
Let’s remember when God has us waiting that He always has very good reasons for the wait.

02/07/2025

Exodus
“See, I am sending an angel ahead of you to guard you along the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared. Pay attention to him and listen to what he says. Do not rebel against him; he will not forgive your rebellion, since my Name is in him. If you listen carefully to what he says and do all that I say, I will be an enemy to your enemies and will oppose those who oppose you. My angel will go ahead of you and bring you into the land of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites and Jebusites, and I will wipe them out. Do not bow down before their gods or worship them or follow their practices. You must demolish them and break their sacred stones to pieces. Worship the Lord your God, and his blessing will be on your food and water. I will take away sickness from among you, and none will miscarry or be barren in your land. I will give you a full life span.” Exodus 23:20-26
God’s sweet promises to His people included this Angel. We have already seen in Exodus 19 that this Angel of the Lord was no ordinary angel. This is the Lord who can forgive sins, go before them, and fight their battles. This was God affirming that His Presence was right there with the Israelites on this journey.
But His promises are the same to us: “…and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” Matthew 28:20
He is with us, always and forever!

01/07/2025

Exodus
God graciously gave the Sabbath, but then there are also the holidays. And don’t we just love a good holiday. God knew celebrations and festivals and feasts and special foods would not only unite His people but would also point to something amazing in the future.
“Three times a year you are to celebrate a festival to me. Celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread; for seven days eat bread made without yeast, as I commanded you. Do this at the appointed time in the month of Aviv, for in that month you came out of Egypt. No one is to appear before me empty-handed. Celebrate the Festival of Harvest with the firstfruits of the crops you sow in your field. Celebrate the Festival of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather in your crops from the field. Three times a year all the men are to appear before the Sovereign Lord. Do not offer the blood of a sacrifice to me along with anything containing yeast. The fat of my festival offerings must not be kept until morning. Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the Lord your God. Do not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.” Exodus 23:14-19
The Feast of Unleavened Bread points to Jesus’ death. He had no leaven, no sin, in Him. Because of that, His body did not see decay.
The Feast of Firstfruits points to His resurrection. He is the first fruit of those who rise from the dead.
Special days to celebrate throughout history, but amazing fulfillment in Christ.

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