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2. Pekudei “accountings of” The 23 th Torah Portion Reading 11 th and last reading in the Book of Exodus Exodus 38:21 – 40:38 2 Kings 12:1-7 John 6:1-71 Pekudei

3. The Shadows of the Messiah Titles of Messiah The Judgment Seat - 2 Corinthians 5:10 Man from Heaven -1 Corinthians 15:47

4. Day of Accounting Exodus 38:21 This is the number of the things for the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the testimony, as they were numbered according to the command of Moses.

5. Day of Accounting 2 Corinthians 5:10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Messiah, so that each one may be recompensed for his deeds in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad

6. The Sanctuaries Above and Below Exodus 38:21... the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the testimony... Why does Exodus 38:21 repeat the word "tabernacle"?

7. The Sanctuaries Above and Below Psalm 122:3 Jerusalem, that is built as a city that is compact together" The Targum translated that verse, "Jerusalem that is built in the heavens is like a city which is connected together with the one on earth."

8. Messiah and the Priestly Garments Exodus 39: 1 Moreover, from the blue and purple and scarlet material, they made finely woven garments for ministering in the holy place as well as the holy garments which were for Aaron, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

9. First Day of First Month Exodus 40:1-2 1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2 On the first day of the first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.

10. First Day of First Month Why did it take so long for the people to complete the Tabernacle? Tradition says that Moses gave the children of Israel the instructions for building the Tabernacle on Yom Kippur, the tenth day of the seventh month, Tishri.

11. First Day of First Month 1.NisanAssembled Tabernacle 2.Iyar 3.Sivan 4.Tammuz 5.Av 6.Elul 7.TishreiMoses gave plans 8.Marcheshyan 9.Kislev 10.Tevet1 st tradition completion 11.Sheyat 12.Adar2 nd tradition completion

12. Passover and Redemption Exodus 40:1-2 1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2 On the first day of the first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation. By erecting the Tabernacle on the first day of Nisan, Moses gave the priesthood time to complete their initiation ceremonies prior to Passover which began fourteen days later.

13. Passover and Redemption Joshua 5:10-11 10 And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of Jericho. 11 And they did eat of the old corn of the land on the morrow after the Passover, unleavened cakes, and parched corn in the selfsame day.

14. The Tabernacle and Creation Genesis 2: 1-2 Thus the heavens and the earth were completed (kallah), and all their hosts. By the seventh day God completed (kallah) His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done.

15. Eden The Tabernacle itself contained Edenic associations.

16. The Divine Presence The sages explain the mystical connection between Eden and the Tabernacle. When God first placed Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden, He also placed His Divine Presence (Shechinah) in their midst. The sin of Adam forced God to withdraw His presence from the earth until Moses erected the Tabernacle:

17. The Eight Anointings Exodus 40:9 Then you shall take the anointing oil and anoint the tabernacle and all that is in it, and shall consecrate it and all its furnishings; and it shall be holy.

18. Picture of Messiah Exodus 40:33 Thus Moses finished the work.

19. Filling the Tabernacle Exodus 40:34 Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.

20. The Signature The sages compare the construction of the Tabernacle to the creation of a human body. Midrash Tanchuma on this Torah portion offers a lengthy explanation of the descent of the divine soul into the conception of a human being, explaining how the spirit occupies the body. The descent of the human soul to occupy a physical body corresponds to the descent of the Shechinah which entered this world to take up spiritual residence within the physical Sanctuary.