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Tht Tabmuclt that he will make a covenant with the Jews during the sev- entieth week of Daniel's prophecy; and we know that he will be "removed, and be cut down, and fall," even as the Holy Spirit plainly tells us in this passage. His doom will be sealed when the Lord shall return in glory, to set up His millennial kingdom, delivering His ancient people, Israel, from this false Christ, this Satan-inspired imposter. Then the beast and the false prophet shall be "cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone" (Rev. 19:20). The pins, or nails, of the tabernacle were made of brass; therefore, they did not rust. As they withstood every desert storm, even so Christ's holy life withstood every onslaught of Satan. How minutely do the many details of this God-given pattern for the tabernacle in the wilder- ness foreshadow the glories of our crucified and risen Lord! The cords suggest the drawing and holding power of Christ. He binds us and holds us eternally secure with His cords of love! Again, "the pins and cords went to- gether." Even so the Person and the work of Christ must go together. He is our Surety; He is the Anchor of our souls. In Him we are forever safe! (See Heb. 6: 19, 20; Col. 2:7.) The Door-The Way into the Holy Place The beautiful hanging that was called the door was upheld by :five pillars of acacia wood overlaid with gold and set upright in sockets of brass. (See Exod. 26:36, 37; 36: 37, 38.) This hanging was fastened to the pillars by hooks of gold. The chapiters "with their fillets" must have been beautiful, visible only to the priests within the sanc- tuary. Here, as elsewhere in the tabernacle, the brass sockets speak of judgment upon sin; the gold symbolizes Christ's deity; the fine linen suggests His perfect human-
The Tabernacle ity; while the blue, purple, and scarlet cherubim remind us of all the glories of our Lord in His deity, His sacrifice, His royalty, and His divine authority and power to exe- cute His holy will. The ordinary Jew could not enter through the door into the Holy Place; only the priests had this privilege of fellowship and communion with God. "The way into the holiest of all" had not yet been opened-not while "the first tabernacle was yet standing" (Heb. 9: 8) . "The way into the holiest," even heaven itself, had not yet been opened by the blood of Jesus' cross; that is why only the priests, the representatives of God's children, could enter this holy sanctuary, which was a type of heaven and the presence of God. All the other believers in the promised Redeemer could enter through the gate, and present the sacrifices at the brazen altar, acknowledging their faith in the Saviour to come. But that was as far as they could go. They were saved by faith in the blood of Jesus, which was to be shed for sinners of all ages. But only the finished work of Christ on Calvary opened the way to perfect fellowship and communion with a holy God. When the Lord Jesus was on earth, He said plainly: "I am the door of the sheep . . . by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. . . . I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep" (John 10:7, 9, 11). My friend, do you know the Lord Jesus Christ as the only Way to heaven and eternal life? You may know about Him, yet not know Him as your personal Saviour and Lord. Receive Him into your heart by faith; become a believer-priest, a member of His bride, His church; and you will enter into His presence now by faith, and in the
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