Sermon Notes

I. ________________ finishes the work (v. 1-33)

 

A.  ________________ the tabernacle (v. 1-8)

B.  ________________ the tabernacle (v. 9-11)

C.  ________________ the priests (v. 12-15)

D.  ________________ the tabernacle (v. 17-33)

II. God’s ________________ comes (v. 34-38)

A. God’s glory is  ________________ -encompassing (v. 34)

B. God’s glory is ________________ (v. 35)

C. God’s glory ________________ His people (v. 36-37)

D. God’s glory is ________________ (v. 38)

Going Deeper Questions

1. What “glorious things” are you most drawn to in life, and how do they compare
to the glory of God revealed in Scripture?
Read: Psalm 27:4; Exodus 40:34
Q: What will you do this week to behold the glory of God?

2. Like Israel, where do you see a “forgetfulness problem” in your life - where you
forget God’s faithfulness and revert to fear, sin, or self-reliance?
Read: Exodus 16:2–3; James 1:23–24
Q: What patterns lead you into forgetting? What will you do to change those patters this
week?

3. How are you currently “beholding the glory of the Lord” in daily life? What
rhythms help or hinder this?
Read: 2 Corinthians 3:18; Psalm 1:1–3
Q: What needs to be added, removed, or reshaped in your weekly routine?

4. Moses obeyed “just as the Lord commanded” (Ex. 40:16). In what specific area of
your life is God calling you to obey?
Read: Exodus 40:16; John 14:15
Q: What is keeping you from being obedient to the LORD?

5. God dwelled with Israel so they would “know” Him (Ex. 29:46). What practices in
your life deepen your knowing God?
Read: Exodus 29:46; Philippians 3:8–10
Q: How will you pursue relational intimacy with God this week?

6. What worldly things are you “beholding” more often than God—social media,
entertainment, politics or other things? How is this shaping you spiritually?
Read: Romans 12:2; 2 Peter 1:5–8
Q: What practical step will you take this week to behold the glory of God?

7. God’s glory filled the tabernacle so fully Moses couldn’t enter (Ex. 40:35). How
do you view God? Do you think of Him casually or with awe? Why?
Read: Exodus 40:35; Hebrews 12:28–29
Q: How does God’s holiness reshape how you worship, pray, and live?

8. The cloud led Israel step by step (Ex. 40:36–37). Where do you sense the Holy
Spirit leading you right now?
Read: Galatians 5:16, 25; Psalm 143:10
Q: What fear or habit is holding you back?

9. Which “works of the flesh” (Gal. 5:19–21) are most evident in your life, and
where do you need to repent today?
Read: Galatians 5:19–21
Q: What would “keeping in step with the Spirit” look like in that area?

10. Where do you see Jesus in the story of Exodus—and where do you see yourself?
Read: John 1:14; 1 Corinthians 5:7
Q: Are you in Egypt (enslaved), the wilderness (fearful), worshiping an idol (divided), or
faithfully beholding God’s glory?

R. Kent Hughes explains why God saved Israel:
“God did this for Israel’s good and for his glory. All through Exodus we see him
working to save his people, and whenever he explains why he is saving them, he says
it is for his own glory. Why did God meet with Moses at the burning bush?
So the Israelites would know that he is the Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
(Exod. 3:14, 15). Why did God tell Pharaoh to let his people go? So his people could
go out in the desert and worship him, giving him the glory of their praise (Exod.
7:16). Why did he cast the armies of Egypt into the depths of the sea? Because, he
said, “I will gain glory through Pharaoh and all his army, through his chariots and his
horsemen. The Egyptians will know that I am the LORD when I gain glory through
Pharaoh, his chariots and his horsemen” (Exod. 14:17b, 18).”
R. Kent Hughes summarizes the book of Exodus:
“The book of Exodus really is his story. Jesus is the Moses of our salvation, the
mediator who goes for us before God. Jesus is the Lamb of our Passover, the sacrifice
for our sins. Jesus is our way out of Egypt, the deliverer who baptizes us in the sea of
his grace. Jesus is our bread in the wilderness, the provider who gives us what we
need for daily life. Jesus is our voice from the mountain, declaring his law for our
lives. Jesus is the altar of our burning, through whom we offer praise up to God. Jesus
is the light on our lampstand, the source of our life and light. Jesus is the basin of our
cleansing, the sanctifier of our souls. Jesus is our great High Priest, who prays for us
at the altar of incense. And Jesus is the blood on the mercy seat, the atonement that
reconciles us to God. The great God of the exodus has saved us in Jesus Christ.”