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The Tabernacle measured
13.5 m (45 feet) in length and 4.5 m (15 feet) in width, and it
was divided into two rooms called the Holy Place and the Most Holy.
Inside the Holy Place, there were a lampstand, the table of showbread,
and the altar of incense, while inside the Most Holy, the Ark of
the Testimony and the mercy seat were placed.
Consisted of the Holy
Place and the Most Holy, the Tabernacle was surrounded on all sides
by boards of acacia wood measuring about 70 cm (2.3 feet) in width
and 4.5 m (15 feet) in height. And at the door of the Tabernacle,
five pillars of acacia wood overlaid with gold were placed. The
door itself, through which one entered into the Tabernacle from
the outer court, was made of a screen woven of blue, purple, and
scarlet thread and fine woven linen.
In the outer court
of the Tabernacle, there were sixty pillars standing, each measuring
2.25 m (7.4 feet) in height. The gate of the court, which was placed
at its east, was also woven of blue, purple, and scarlet thread
and fine woven linen, and only by passing through this gate of the
outer court could anyone enter into the Tabernacle's court. In this
court of the Tabernacle were the altar of burnt offering and the
laver.
Passing by these two,
one would then come upon the door of the Tabernacle, measuring as
tall as 4.5 m (15 feet) in height. This door of the Tabernacle had
five pillars, whose sockets were made of bronze. Like the gate of
the court of the Tabernacle, the door of the Tabernacle was also
made of a screen woven of blue, purple, and scarlet thread and fine
woven linen and hung on the golden hooks placed on the top of the
five pillars. This screen was the divider that separated the inside
and outside of the Tabernacle.
God dwelt inside the
Tabernacle built with 48 boards. God manifested His presence to
the people of Israel with the pillar of cloud by day and that of
fire by night above the Tabernacle. And inside the Sanctuary, where
God Himself dwelt, the glory of God filled the place. Inside the
Holy Place, there were the table of showbread, the lampstand, and
the altar of incense, and inside the Most Holy, there were the Ark
of the Testimony and the mercy seat. These were off-limit places
for the common people of Israel; only the priests and the High Priest
could enter the places according to the system of the Tabernacle.
All the utensils inside
the Sanctuary were made of gold; the lampstand was golden, and so
was the table of showbread. As all the items in the Sanctuary and
its three-sided walls were thus made of pure gold, the inside of
the Sanctuary always shined brilliantly in golden radiance.
That the inside of
the Sanctuary thus shined brilliantly in golden radiance tells us
that the saved saints live their precious lives of faith inside
God's Church. The saints who live in their faith in the gospel of
the water and the Spirit are like the pure gold found in the Sanctuary.
The life that such saints live inside the Sanctuary is the blessed
life that dwells in the Church, feeds on the Word of God, prays
to and praises Him, and goes before the throne of God and is clothed
in His grace everyday, all through the Church. This is the life
of faith inside the Sanctuary. You must take it to your hearts that
only the righteous who have been saved through the gospel of the
water and the Spirit can live this precious life of faith inside
the Sanctuary.
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