Obedience then Concecration then Glory - Exodus 37-40

The pattern really hasn't changed. Just because we are in the NT age the pattern God put together in the OT is still the same. I am not referring to the pattern of the tabernacle, although there may be some lessons with that as well. What I am referring to is the pattern of how the work on the tabernacle was completed and the resulting filling of the glory of God. God does not approve and fill you with His glory until you concecrate yourself to Him; and then only after we have completed the work He has given us to do, according to how He prescribed the work to be done. The workers on the tabernacle, curtains, utensils and clothes completed them based upon the pattern and instructions God gave them. Moses then offered them in consecration (set apart for holy use) to God. It is only then that God's glory filled the tent of meeting. The pattern is the same today; be obedient, consecrate yourself to the Lord and God's glory will fill the place.