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The Court Entrance
"And for the gate of the court shall be an
hanging of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and
scarlet and fine twined linen, wrought with
needlework; and their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four."
EXODUS 27:16 explains that it was possible to
enter this separate place by one way only - via an
entrance of 20 cubits, 3O feet wide made of
curtains supported by four pillars.
The curtains were of white fine-twisted linen
entwined with blue, scarlet and purple colors.
The offerer, approaching with his sacrifice,
here made contact with the Sanctuary through the
priest who was to be identified with him and his
offering (Lev. 1:3).
As explained previously white linen represented
righteousness, whether Yahweh displayed it in His
son, or manifested it in his disciples (Rev. 19:8).
Scarlet represented the nature of sin's flesh
(Isa. 1:18), the state of mortality that resulted
from sin.
Blue stands for heavenliness, or God manifested
and remembered (Num. 15:38-40).
Purple represented
Royalty (Mark 15:17; Dan. 5:7 margin).
Mediatorship (blue and scarlet brought
together).
God Manifested in flesh (blue and scarlet).
Christ As The Door
The Lord Jesus Christ manifested all these
characteristics. They qualified him to be the
entrance into the Ecclesial "fold" or Holy Place,
for all those whom Yahweh called out of the
Gentiles for His Name (Acts 15:14).
The qualities of character and life symbolized
by these colors were revealed by him.
White fine-twined linen: his display of his
Father's righteousness;
Scarlet: he bore the same nature as all flesh
(Isa. 40:3-6); human and mortal (Heb. 2:16).
Blue: He was God manifested in flesh. He
constantly remembered His Father and His
commandments.
Purple: He became the mediator between God
(blue) and man (scarlet) - Heb. 2:17. He manifested
God before Israel in the days of his flesh (John
1:14).
The Four Pillars
As the entrance represented Christ as the door,
and its curtains were supported by four pillars, it
is surely significant that his life comes to us as
recorded by four writers: Matthew, Mark, Luke and
John, whose gospels are for all to see.
The purpose of Yahweh in causing these writers
to record the living manifestation of Himself was
that others might be drawn to him, and so become
living witnesses to His righteousness. Though the
weakness of our mortal frame is consciously
ever-present, we can, and must, seek to overcome.
If we display Divine characteristics in this
probationary life, and manifest Yahweh in this
present evil world, our natures will be changed
"like unto his glorious body" (Phil. 3:21), from
mortal to immortal (1 Cor. 15:51-54), "clothed upon
with our house which is from heaven" (2 Cor. 5:2).
Moreover, as in this present life, we uphold and
display the character and virtues of Yahweh, we can
become the means whereby others are drawn to Him,
so that they also become the habitations of the
Father through His Spirit-Word abiding in them. By
so doing, we act the part of shepherds, leading
sheep to the door of the fold, even to the Lord
Jesus Christ (John 10:1-3,7).
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