Badger Skins

December 30, 2007

God wants and always has wanted the very best for His people. We are His people so we should live in that very best.

When God tells Moses to build the meeting tent for Him, Moses is told to cover it with badger skins. Some translations say dolphin skins, others say some other valuable skin of the day. The thing is, that God wanted the people to use the very best for the tent where He was to live among the people.

Now notice, in Ezekiel, when God is giving a history of Israel, from finding here as an abandoned child and breathing life into her, look at his description of her clothing.

Ezekiel 16:10 KJ2000
(10) I clothed you also with embroidered work, and gave you sandals of badgers’ skin, and I clothed you with fine linen, and I covered you with silk.

He wanted to dress Israel in the very best. The same material that covered the tent of the meeting, he wanted to give them as covering for their feet. And the rest of them was covered in nice fabric as well.

God wants the best for us. But like the people of Israel, we can turn away from it and not receive it. What have you turned back to God today?