God in the Midst of the Wilderness

Text for Discussion: Numbers 4. 

 God makes His presence known in the midst of the Tabernacle.  In far more ancient times, He walked with humanity, but Fallenness made it so that man had to call upon God.  (Genesis 4).  Now God is in the midst of His people, but coming is the time when He will walk among humanity again, tabernacling in human flesh: the incarnation of Christ.  On a side note, in this one you will also find out what "hexaplex trunculus" is! 

The artwork: The tabernacle, engraving from Robert Arnauld d'Andilly's 1683 translation of Josephus. Internet Archive Book Images, No restrictions, via Wikimedia Commons.

The Hymn: Amazing Grace.  Public domain.