Bible Talks

Listen from:
• BibleTruthPublishers.com
A Gate of Curtains Exodus 38:9-219And he made the court: on the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, an hundred cubits: 10Their pillars were twenty, and their brazen sockets twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver. 11And for the north side the hangings were an hundred cubits, their pillars were twenty, and their sockets of brass twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver. 12And for the west side were hangings of fifty cubits, their pillars ten, and their sockets ten; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver. 13And for the east side eastward fifty cubits. 14The hangings of the one side of the gate were fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three. 15And for the other side of the court gate, on this hand and that hand, were hangings of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three. 16All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twined linen. 17And the sockets for the pillars were of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver; and the overlaying of their chapiters of silver; and all the pillars of the court were filleted with silver. 18And the hanging for the gate of the court was needlework, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: and twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, answerable to the hangings of the court. 19And their pillars were four, and their sockets of brass four; their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their chapiters and their fillets of silver. 20And all the pins of the tabernacle, and of the court round about, were of brass. 21This is the sum of the tabernacle, even of the tabernacle of testimony, as it was counted, according to the commandment of Moses, for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, son to Aaron the priest. (Exodus 38:9‑21). Continued
THERE was a wide gate for the entrance to the dwelling of God, the Tabernacle. The entrance to God’s presence is not now by a gate, but by a person, the Lord Jesus. But that gate with its curtains worked in blue, purple, and scarlet reminds us of Him.
Scarlet was the color a victor in war used. The soldiers put on Jesus also, a scarlet robe to mock Him (Matt. 27:2828And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe. (Matthew 27:28)). But He is Victor over sin and death.
The tent door and the wail had the same colors, and teach us the same truths. Jesus said,
One fair Door, One only,
Jesus Who has died
Jesus is the blessed Doorway,
Open free and wide.
ML 07/04/1937