Exodus 26:31-3731And thou shalt make a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work: with cherubims shall it be made: 32And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shittim wood overlaid with gold: their hooks shall be of gold, upon the four sockets of silver. 33And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thou mayest bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony: and the vail shall divide unto you between the holy place and the most holy. 34And thou shalt put the mercy seat upon the ark of the testimony in the most holy place. 35And thou shalt set the table without the vail, and the candlestick over against the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south: and thou shalt put the table on the north side. 36And thou shalt make an hanging for the door of the tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework. 37And thou shalt make for the hanging five pillars of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, and their hooks shall be of gold: and thou shalt cast five sockets of brass for them. (Exodus 26:31‑37). The Veil, and Hanging for the Door.
WE have had the curtains and coverings which formed the roof of God’s house, and the boards for the walls, and now we are to consider the veil that divided the building into two rooms, and then another curtain to form the door.
The veil was made of blue, purple and scarlet and fine twined linen and cherubs, and it hung on four pillars.
We learn from Heb. 10:20,20By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; (Hebrews 10:20) that the veil was a type of Christ’s flesh., Therefore the blue, purple and scarlet cherubs and fine twined linen, all bring before us the varied glories of Christ as we have seen already when considering the fine twined linen curtains.
This veil divided between the holy and the most holy, sometimes called the holy of holies. The latter was the room where God dwelt. and no one was allowed in there but the high priest, and that only once a year, and he had to take blood in with him to show that death had taken place, and he could go in therefore in the value of that blood as of one that had died for him.
When the Lord Jesus was on the cross, He cried out with a loud voice, and died, and the Veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom. That veil which shut man out from God, was rent by God in answer to the work of the Lord Jesus which He had finished—the work of redemption. We therefore can now go into the presence of God; in all the value of His finished work through that rent veil which is Christ Himself, and have no fear in His presence. Not by any work that we have done or could do, but by Christ and His finished work.
The hanging, at the door was on five pillars, and made of the same materials as the veil, but there were no cherubs. They were all on the inside of the building, and they showed God’s character as judge so it was only those who could go into the tabernacle, with the blood, that could see them, and they were not afraid, as the blood spoke of another who had died in their place. This hanging was a picture of Christ as a Saviour, and not as the One who would execute judgment.
Have you come to God, dear reader, through Christ as (Not a door but) the door; as there is no other; and through Him as the rent veil into God’s presence all in the unchanging value of what He is and what He has done? If so, settled peace must fill your heart.
ML 06/04/1922