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The Tabernacle have included it in the sacred record. And the picture be- fore us points on to Christ Jesus, our Lord. It is very evident that the gate was a type of Christ, the only Way to God. And we shall see in this study today that the white linen hanging of the court portrayed the righteous demands of a holy God, who Himself bore the penalty of sin, even Christ, our Righteousness. Brass speaks to us of judgment; silver, of redemption. He judged our sins at His cross, redeeming us with His own precious blood. The lesson before us, therefore, is filled with rich and beautiful truth concerning our salvation in Christ Jesus, the Lord. As we bear in mind that God Himself dwelt in the Holy of Holies, in the Shekinah Glory; that the only access to His presence was through the only gate; and that the very pieces of furniture leading from that gate to the pillar of cloud and fire were laid out in the form of a cross -then we begin to see someth'ing of what God was teach- ing His people through this beautiful object-lesson of the tabernacle in the wilderness. May we let the Holy Spirit show us today some of these precious truths concerning our Saviour and His great salvation. The Court 1. The ''Fine Twined Linen" Hangings-A Type of Christ, Our Righteousness. The white linen hangings of the court speak to us of a two-fold aspect of God's holi- ness: ( 1) That righteousness which He requires of all who stand in His presence; and ( 2) that righteousness which He Himself is in His sinless Person. Our holy God can not bear the presence of sin; but in matchless love He provides a righteousness for every sinner who will re- ceive it as a free gift of His grace.
Chapter III THE COURT AND THE GATE Christ-The Way to a Holy God Exodus 27:9-18; 38:9-20
Surrounding the tabernacle was a rectangular-shaped court, open to the heavens, with only one entrance, which was the gate on the east. The court was one-hundred cubits long and £ifty cubits wide, and was made of "fine twined linen" hung upon upright pillars of brass, which were fastened in sockets of brass (Exod. 2 7: 10) . The hooks and fillets at the top of the pillars were made of silver; and from these hooks the white linen "hangings" were fastened. There were fifty-six of these pillars: twenty on the south, twenty on the north, ten on the west, and three on each side of the gate on the east. The pillars and hang- ings stood more than eight feet high, taller than a man. Thus there was no way, by which to enter the court, ex- cept through the gate; for the brass, the white linen, and the silver stood between the outsider and those who were within. The gate was a beautiful hanging of "blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needle- work" (Exod. 27:16). It was hung by silver hooks upon four pillars, which were fastened in sockets of brass. "The overlaying of" the "chapiters" of the pillars was of "sil- ver; and all the pillars of the court were filleted with sil- ver" (Exod. 38:17). The description of the pattern for the court and the gate is found in Exod. 27:9-18; that of the finished work, in Exod. 3 8:9-20. Let us read these two passages very carefully, in order to fix in our minds the details presented. Every item is signficant, or else the Holy Spirit would not [66]
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