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109 The Tabernacle blood shed on Jewish altars-these speak to us of the pre- cious blood of Jesus, the Lamb of God. And when we see Him in the glory, we shall see "the print of the nails in His hands" and His wounded side. The Lamb on the throne is the Light of heaven. And only by faith in the blood of His cross shall His redeemed be there, forever w ith Him. Purple is a mixture of blue and scarlet; and it is the color of kings. The eternal God had to become a Man, in order to die. He had to be God all the while, in order to be the sinless, all-powerful Saviour. He was very God and perfect Man. And He will one day be acknowledged as King of kings and Lord of lords. "Every knee shall bow" before Him. He it is whose voice shall raise the dead; and He it is who is the "Judge of all the earth" (John 5: 19-30; cf. Gen. 18:25). The cherubim are symbols of our Lord's majesty and power. Cherubim execute His holy will, both in mercy and in judgment. As the priests within Jehovah's sanctu- ary beheld the beautiful cherubim of blue, purple, and scarlet above and on the door and the veil, possibly with out-spread wings, they must have worshipped with songs in their hearts akin to those the Psalmist sang: "I will abide in thy tabernacle forever: I will trust in the covert of thy wings" (Psalm 61 :4). "Be merciful unto me, 0 God . . . for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge" (Psalm 57:1). "Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice" (Psalm 63 :7). "He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust" (Psalm 91 :4) . Someone has said that the three outer coverings over the tabernacle suggest to us rest of conscience, while the
The Tobmucll within the sanctuary saw as they looked up. Five curtains we~e coupled one to another in one piece; five in another; while the two sections were fastened together by golden c_lasps which took hold of loops of blue. The pure white lmen o_f these curtains suggests to us our Lord's perfect humamty. There was no flaw in His Being; there was no coarseness. He was altogether without sin! His own Holy Spirit led Him into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil, n-0t to see if He would sin; but to prove to men, angels, demons, and the devil himself that He could not sin! Cherubim of blue, purple, and scarlet were embroid- ered upon this fine twined linen-for the gate, the door, the veil, and the inner covering above the tabernacle. Blue is the heavenly color, and is suggestive of Christ's deity. He repeatedly told the Jews, when He was on earth, that He had come down from heaven, that He and the Father were one, that He was the great "I AM" who had spoken to Moses from the burning bush. (Read the book of John for many of these references.) He willingly re- ceived worship, allowing His disciples to call Him "Lord" and "God." He was ever the all-powerful, all-wise Crea- tor, Jehovah, God! Scarlet speaks to us of sacrifice. Our Lord came down to earth to die for sinners. He was "the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world" (Rev. 13:8). He shed His own precious blood for guilty man, that He might lead "many sons unto glory" (Heb. 2: IO), that they might share with Him the joys of heaven and eternal life. Never can we forget the scarlet thread of sacrifice that runs throughout the inspired Word of God. The coats of skins which God provided for Adam and Eve; Abel's lamb slain; Abraham's offering of Isaac; the passover lamb; all the
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