Another Ark (Ex 25/ 75)

A big day today and I feel a little sleepy.
Maybe more of a few big late nights.
Trouble sleeping on Sunday.
Got sucked into watching Shawshank Redemption to the end last night.
All self induced.
All my choices.
Don't really know why I'm waffling away about it.
Not really looking for sympathy or anything.
Just stating the facts.
Nothing but facts M'am.
I have just noticed that this is the 75th chapter I have written about.
Yay.
Still a long way to go.
Generally I am still enthralled by the process.
The mind process.
Not the typing and posting so much as the thinking of how the thoughts come out. I don't even think I've repeated too much, if anything.
This was one of my main concerns early on.
It may still be an issue later.
But I don't think I'll worry too much about that now.

I think I'll worry about..........why I have so much hair coming out of my ears.
Stupid hairy ears.
I must be part hobbit of something.
Without hairy feet, just ears.
Weird.

Exodus 25
My first reaction to this chapter was to ask where did they get all the stuff from?
The gold.
The onyx.
The scarlet and purple linen.
The goat hair yarn. (Actually I'm pretty sure they would have had some of this laying around)
Then after a brief pause to think.
............
I remembered the gifts the Egyptians gave them on leaving Egypt.
That would be it.

Secondly I thought the Israelites may have been glad that God chose to meet with them from the ark. The tabernacle.
It was a darn sight easier to carry around than the mountain He was having a chat with Moses from at that moment.
As heavy as all that gold was, Mount Sinai weighed, well you know, a bit more.
It's also hard to get handles to fit a mountain.
And the ring things don't really stick that well.
And often there are more than 4 sides and so you'd need significantly more ring things and poles and stuff to carry it.
Never going to happen was it?
Really.
Totally impractical.
So the ark was a good idea.

An added thought was the practical nature of all the candles and lamps.
We have a kangaroo hide that if you held up, well, it's not the most transparent of materials. I figure a goat's skin could be similar.
So if you have a tent made from goat skin, not much light is going to get in.
So as well as symbolic, the candlestick and lamp stand were useful to see inside.
Co-incidental?
I doubt it muchly.
Infinite wisdom shown before is seen again.