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The Tabernacle Veil was made by Aholiab (Exod.
35:35; 38:23) whose name means, lent of his father;
from Ohel as the Tabernacle tent, meaning to be
clearly conspicuous. Aholiab was the embroiderer
who skilfully interwove the threads that comprised
the veil and the cherubic figures. "Embroider" is
used only once elsewhere in scripture - in Psa.
139:15 where "curiously wrought" (Heb. raqam) is
the word embroider and refers to the formative
processes, beginning at conception, by which the
Lord, as unique, became the "express image of His
(God's) person". So the cherubic beauty and glory
were associated with the son of man, God's only
begotten son.
Bro. J. Carter's article on this subject,
contained in Delight in God's Law pp.273 to 275 and
Bro. Thomas' teaching in Eureka Vol. 1.p 101; and
Phanerosis pp 65,66. is recommended for further
study.
The Fore-Runner
When the Lord died on the "Day of Atonement" as
an acceptable sacrifice, his flesh was "torn" (1
Cor. 11:24; Isa. 53:5,8 etc). But he rose by the
power of a sinless life, and the grace and will of
his Father; and thereupon went beyond the veil of
the flesh to be clothed with the Divine
Spirit-nature which was represented by the Most
Holy Place.
In this sense he has become the "forerunner
(Heb. 6:~,20). Gk: Prodomos. Having obtained
eternal life (Heb. 9:12; 1 Cor. 15:45) he has been
made perfect (Heb. 5:9), there being completed in
him that state to which we are progressing (2 Pet.
1: 4-8; Heb. 6:1). The existence of the forerunner
means that there are after-runners. He has opened
the way for us (Heb. 6:20; 10:20) who, in faith,
allow him who is our surety or "anchor", the hope
in which we must trust and
hold in faith as onto the anchor-rope that binds
us to him. He who has entered the Most Holy Place,
as into a "City of Refuge" (Heb. 6:l8 cp. Num. 35),
now awaits the Divine word and time to give a final
pull upon the "anchor-rope", through the dividing
wall of the veil, into the safety and permanence of
eternal life in God's Kingdom. (Read Eureka Vol.3
p.284)
All of this arrangement is due to the grace of
God. The Veil was suspended immediately below the
join in the Mishkan coverings (Exod. 26:3-6). These
coverings comprised two sets each of five curtains.
"Five" numerically denotes Grace. The five curtains
which covered the Holy Place represented that
period of the Lord's life which he spent performing
the priestly duties associated with the Ecclesia in
the wilderness of his day. All that he was, did and
said was by Divine grace; even his sacrificial
cutting-off in death, at the veil. So also was his
resurrection and his entering into the "Most Holy"
state, denoted by the five curtains that covered
the Most Holy Place. The link between the two
states was faith (taches of gold) and Yahweh's
purpose for His own remembrance and manifestation
(loops of blue). Upon this basis we too, wht} have
the Hope of the Most Holy kingdom ahead of us, must
follow our High Priest.
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