The Tabernacle God had given Moses the types, pictures, and patterns to use to construct  it in the wilderness. Today, we are God's Temple.  Our bodies are the Temple of God.  He lives inside us. We are His high priest.  We are to be holy, separated, and detached from the evil that surrounds us.  Jesus walked and touch the unclean, but the uncleanness never got inside Him.  He above all did His Father's will.  Everything was a picture of Jesus and His work on the cross.  What He is to us and what we are to be to Him.

Tabernacle

     The cloud by day that covered the Israelites was a picture of His presence being with them.  It would later reside in the Holy of Holies above the mercy seat.  Other nations carried their gods with them, but none had their presence manifested among them as the Jews.  The smoke of God's presence
would later fill the Temple as Solomon dedicated the Temple to God.
    The cloud turned into a  fire by night to close the Israelites in and everyone else out.  Heaven will be a closed place to all unbelievers. Only those whose name is written in the Lamb's Book of Life will be permitted in.  The fire protected them from all other presence entering, and kept the animals that prowled around at night from bothering them.  They could lay down in peace and sleep.  We have angels around us and with us at all times to protect us.  We can lay down and sleep. 
     He wanted to lead them straight to the Promise Land, a eleven day journey.  But like us they began to complain.  When, they had no water to drink, instead of asking God for water. They began to doubt God's goodness and said Moses had brought them out to die in the wilderness.  They forgot all about the miracles God had done.  They had food from Heaven given each day.  No one had to work for it.  It arrived while they were sleeping.  All they had to do was walk out side their tent and pick it up.  Yet, soon they didn't ask nicely if they could have meat along with their manna.  They questioned the goodness of God and wanted to go back to Egypt for the leeks and the garlic's.  These things would have never given them the vitamins that manna contained.  God wanted them to trust in Him to supply their needs. Water gushed out from the under ground springs more than they would ever need.
     The Bible gives us everything that we need that pertains to godliness.  It is also, a History book that has stories of how God worked in the lives of his people.  It is a treasure book that has hidden treasure within, but we have to dig for it.  It has answers to every need, you will ever have.  Let's dig deeper.  We will be blessed.

      Believe and receive, doubt and do without.