The Tabernacle as all true believers know was given to Moses by God on Mount Sainai. It was not the invention of man, and since the Bible is the word of God we ought to believe that God gave us the Tabernacle to teach us his righteousness. The source of the content of this series is from Exodus 35 and 25.
In studying the Tabernacle, we must understand there is the nature of faith that God wants us to have to be saved from the wrath of God that is hanging over the entire world. Therefore, the materials used in the Tabernacle are there to teach us how the Lord Jesus has completely saved us. This book explains that the golden and brilliant faith captured inside the Sanctuary points to the type of faith that God wants all believers to have to enter into the Kingdom of God (Jn.3:5). To begin this journey, we must start by carefully understanding the reason for the Laver, the alter of burnt offering and the Fence placed in the outer court of the Tabernacle, and all the materials used for them. In this way we can find out the the kind of Faith required by God to enter into the brilliantly golden and radiant Sanctuary; because this Sanctuary represents the true church and Family of God to be presented to the Father by Jesus Christ our Lord at the conclusion the mystery of the Salvation of man. We can see that the outer court was sorrounded by 60 pillars with hangings of white linen. The height of this fence was 7.5ft which made it impossible to peep into the Tabernacle with any aid. The height of the fence is telling us that we cnnot use human effort to gain access into the Kingdom of God. We have seen that firstly all who want to enter into the Kingdom of God must have the kind of faith which God requires. Secondly we have seen that to enter into the Kingdom of God is not by any Human effort but by the perfect faith depicted by the golden and the brilliant interior of the Sanctuary.
Therefore God commanded Moses to speak to the congrgation of the Israelite for voluntary offering of the materials of the Tabernacle.
The materials used for the gate of the court of the Tabernacle were :- blue,purple, and scarlet thread and fine woven linen. The height of the gate was 30ft. The gate was ascreen woven of blue, purple, and scarlet thread and fine woven linen hung on four pillars; this was to enable locating the gate of the Tabernacle with ease. This series is telling us that God used these colours to show us the works of Jesus Christ to save man from sins. In the scripture the number 6 stands for man. Therefore all of the 60 wooden pillars made of Acacia wood and the fine linen of the fence of the court of the Tabernacle was to show clearly t6he method God would use to save us from our sins through His son Jesus. Through the Gate of the Tabernacle God was revealing the mystery of Salvation to us. These four threads were the very revelation of God`s perfect Salvation.
What then are the meanings of the Blue, Purple, and Scarlet Thead and the Fine Woven Linen? From the Scripture the blue thread refers to the water Baptism that Jesus received from John the Baptist. Here God is telling us the importance of our faith in the Baptism of Jesus. Let us see this from the robe worn by the high priest when giving offering, that it was blue. A plate of Gold was hung on the Turban worn on the head by the High preist; and the cordthat tied the plate of Gold to the turban was blue. And opn the Gold plate, the phrase, " Holiness to the Lord," was engraved. This arrangement is showing us that it is the baptism of Jesus that gives Holiness to the Lord. This clearly telling us that our faith in the Baptism of Jesus that passed the sins of the world onto Jesus and gives believers Holiness to the Lord in their hearts because it is the human spirit that is made born again and not the flesh.
We can see the pictorial language of God here with the blue cord that tied the plate of Gold to the Turban, that God is speaking to us of our true Salvation. I believe here God is telling us that the linchpin or the solid foundation of our salvation is that of the faith of the baptism of Jesus that gives Holiness to the Lord in our hearts. This is what the blue thread in the Tabernacle was indicating to believers. The blue thread is telling believers that Jesus took the sins of the whole world by being baptised (Mtt.3:15), we the believers would not be able to give holiness to the Lord were it not for the baptism which Jesus received, we could never be clothed in holiness before God.
To summarize, The Gate of the court refers to Jesus, and was woven blue, purple,and scarlet thread and fine woven linen, because God wanted to reveal the truth that leads us to our Salvation. The purple thread refers to the Holy Spirit, telling us Jesus is King of Kings. The scalet thread refers to the blood that Jesus shed on the cross. The blue thread refers to the baptism that Jesus received from John the Baptist. Therefore, the blue, purple,and scalet threads tell us of Jesus` Baptism, God`s incarnation, and His death on the cross.These tree emblems reveals the works of Jesus and give us the faith that enables us to go before Jehovah in holiness. They tell us that Jesus, God Himself, came to this earth in the flesh of a man, took the inequities of sinners upon His own body by being baptised, and vicariously bore the condemnationof all sins and curses by shedding His blood - this is the very spiritual mystery of the blue purple and scarlet thread.
I believe that if all these threads and colours including all the materials in the Tabernacle were not necessary then the Lord would not have shown them to Moses so that there would been no need for them to be given in the bible in such great details. It is therefore good for men to humble themselves to the word of God to receive understanding from the Lord to enable all men to be born again in their spirit.
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