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The Tabernaclr endless ages to come you will share and behold His glory. Christ is the Door! The story is told of two men, one of whom knew only abou,t Christ, the Good Shepherd; the other knew Him as a personal Saviour and Friend. The first was a young actor; the second, an elderly saint of God. They were both sitting among friends one evening when the young man was asked to read "The Shepherd Psalm." At first he hesitated; then he agreed to do it if, afterward, his elderly friend would read this priceless Hebrew poem and song of praise. When the young actor had finished reading the Psalm, there was a burst of applause from the circle of friends, so beautiful was his expression. Then the old man rose to his feet; and in a quivering, piping voice, made feeble by many years, he too, said the twenty-third Psalm. But what if his voice was thin and weak! His face was aglow! His heart was singing "The Shepherd Psalm"! When he sat down, there was no ap- plause, but there was not a dry eye in the room. The young actor then spoke again; and this is what he said, ''My friends. T know the Psalm; but this man knows the Shep- herd!" Do you, members of this radio audience, know the %cpherd in all H is beauty :ind lovel iness and grace? Enter today through t he Door, into the sheep-fold. Then you, too, will love the sound of His voice; you will love to follow H·m, wherever H is will may guide you now, and on into His presence and glory forever. The Veil-A Type of "H"s Flesh ... Broken for Us" In Exod. 26:31-33; 36:35, 36 we read the description of the veil, which separated the Holy Place from the Holy of Holies. We have already observed that it was
115 The Tabernacle made of the same beautiful materials as were the gate, the door, and the inner covering above the tabernacle. Nor do we need to dwell longer here upon the significance of the fine linen and the cherubim embroidered in blue, pur- ple, and scarlet; for in all of these hangin~s and curtai~s the symbolism was the same, foreshadowrng the glories of the Person and work of Christ. The veil was hung by golden clasps upon four pillars of acacia wood, overlaid with gold, and set upright in sockets of silver. Again, the incorruptible wood speaks to us of Christ's sinless life on earth; the gold, of His deity; the silver, of His finished redemption. The Holy Spirit does not leave us to question the sig- nificance of the veil which separated the two rooms of God's earthly sanctuary; for in Heb. 10:20 we are told plainly that "the veil" was "his flesh"-the broken body of our Lord Jesus, through whose death we have access unto the Father. Listen to His Word: "Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter_ i?to the holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a new and hvmg way, which he hath consecrated for: us, thr~ugh _the veil that is to say his flesh; and having an high priest (J~us) over the house of God; let us draw near ..." (Heb. 10:19-22). The unrent veil in the Jewish tabernacle, and later in the temple in Jerusalem, closed "the way into the holiest of all" from the gaze of men. Only the high priest, as we know, could enter the Most Holy Place, where God dwelt in the Shekinah Glory; and even the high priest could enter there but once a year, on the day of atonement, not with- out the blood of the sacrifice which pointed on to Christ. In all this God was saying to His people something like this:
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