The Posts and Pillars of the Tabernacle
The Entrance Gate to the Outer Court
The entrance gate had four bronze posts, founded upon
four bronze sockets, capped with four silver capitals and joined together
with silver rods and multi coloured finely twisted curtains hanging on hooks.
The four bronze posts represent the four directions
of the compass, four seasons of the year and the four divisions of the day.
All these indicated God’s availability, anytime,
any season and from any direction of the compass.
Isaiah
45:22
“Come to me and be saved, all you end’s of the earth;
for I am God, and there is no other”
Psalm 100:4
“Enter is gates with thanksgiving and His courts with
praise, give thanks to Him and praise His Name”
This Curtain was easy to push through and enter, showing
the ease with which people can come to God, and also be restored to fellowship.
Ephesians
2:8-9
“For by grace are you saved, through faith and this
not of yourselves, it is a gift from God, not of works, so no one can boast”
Titus
3:5
“He saved us not because of righteous things we have
done, but because of His Mercy”
Acts
4:15
“Salvation is in no one else, for there is no other
Name under heaven given to men by which we must
be saved”
The Entrance Gate to the
This gate had five golden pillars,
founded upon five bronze sockets, with five golden capitals and golden hooks,
to hang the multi coloured curtain from. On the inside of the curtain, Cherubim
were embroidered.
The five Golden posts speak of mans weakness and inability
to enter the prescence of God, and God’s strength
and ability necessary for mankind to gain access.
Revelation
1:5-6
To Him who loves us and has freed us from our sins and has made us a kingdom of priests to serve his God”
The Entrance Gate to the Holy of
Holies
The gate to the Holy of Holies had four golden pillars,
founded upon five silver sockets, with four golden capitals and golden hooks,
to hang the multi coloured curtain from. On both sides of the curtain, Cherubim
were embroidered. The angelic beings were watching what was taking place
in the Holy of Holies.
The four Golden posts represent the four directions
of the compass, four seasons of the year and the four divisions of the day.
All these indicating that only through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ can
mankind anywhere gain access to God.
All gates or curtains were made of finely twisted linen
of red, white, blue, and purple, all were the colours of the Lord Jesus
Christ
The message of the three entrance
curtains
Isaiah 55:6
“Seek the lord, while He may be found; call on Him
while He is near. Let the wicked forsake His way, and the unrighteous man
his thoughts. Let Him return\turn to the Lord and He will have mercy on
Him, and to our God, for He will freely pardon.”
John 10:9
“I am the Gate; whoever enters through me shall be
saved”
There were three entrance curtains,
all indicating the number three and indicating that the work of Salvation
is a trinity based work, a team effort; while at the same time displaying
that there is One Absolute Way, through Jesus Christ.
In Herod’s
It took 30 priests to hang the curtain
One is an absolute number
There is one Tabernacle
There is one barrier between God and man
There is one solution for sins
There is one sacrifice
There is one fire
There is one Entrance Gate
There is one price to pay for sins
There is one person who paid that price
There is one High Priest
There is one way of cleansing
There is one church, one body
There is one righteousness
There is one final judgement
There is one sin, which casts a person into hell
There is one way to heaven
The veil to the Holy of Holies speaks
of the barrier between God and man. The barrier speaks of His body.
Hebrews 10:20
“We have a new and living way, opened to us through the curtain, that
is, His body”