Tues’s Devo - The Tabernacle in a Nutshell

Read Ex. 26:31-37 The curtain between the holy place and the most holy place (Holy of Holies) is to be made of blue, purple, and scarlet with cherubim’s woven into the fabric. These colors are important. The blue symbolizes heaven, purple is for royalty, and the scarlet is for the blood of Jesus. Inside the Holy of Holies is placed the mercy seat with the lid with the two cherubim’s on it. The candlestick, table of shewbread, and table of incense are placed in the middle room called the Holy Place. The laver and the bronze altar are placed on the outside platform. Around this tent was a wall of curtains. The people would enter into the courtyard and stand while they watched the priests on the raised platform perform the sacrifices and washings. These represent our passage to the throne. First we have to come into the courtyard - we have to be drawn to God. Then, we have to be crucified with Christ on the brazen altar and washed of our sins in the laver. We are invited to come and dine with the Lord at the table of shewbread as we eat the Word. The candlestick is the anointing of the Holy Spirit that gives us the revelation of what we are reading. The altar of incense is our prayers that we take into the Holy of Holies where we meet the presence of God. Jesus, as our High Priest offered himself on the altar as the sacrifice, washed us of our sins, became our light, our bread, and lives to make intercession for us before God. When Jesus died, the curtain between the Holy Place and the Holy of Holies was rent so that we can be priests and enter into the throne room of God. Lord, you painted a beautiful picture of yourself in the tabernacle. You are wonderful!