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The
Court Entrance
"And for the gate of the court shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework; and their pillars shall be four,
and their sockets four."
 EXODUS
27:16 explains that it was possible to enter this separate
place by one way only - via an entrance of 20 cubits, 3O feet
wide made of curtains supported by four pillars.
The
curtains were of white fine-twisted linen entwined with blue,
scarlet and purple colors.
The
offerer, approaching with his sacrifice, here made contact
with the Sanctuary through the priest who was to be identified
with him and his offering (Lev. 1:3).
As
explained previously white linen represented righteousness,
whether Yahweh displayed it in His son, or manifested it in
his disciples (Rev. 19:8).
Scarlet
represented the nature of sin's flesh (Isa. 1:18), the state
of mortality that resulted from sin.
Blue
stands for heavenliness, or God manifested and remembered
(Num. 15:38-40).
Purple
represented
- Royalty
(Mark 15:17; Dan. 5:7 margin).
- Mediatorship
(blue and scarlet brought together).
- God
Manifested in flesh (blue and scarlet).
Christ
As The Door
The
Lord Jesus Christ manifested all these characteristics. They
qualified him to be the entrance into the Ecclesial "fold"
or Holy Place, for all those whom Yahweh called out of the
Gentiles for His Name (Acts 15:14).
The
qualities of character and life symbolized by these colors
were revealed by him.
- White
fine-twined linen: his display of his Father's righteousness;
- Scarlet:
he bore the same nature as all flesh (Isa. 40:3-6); human
and mortal (Heb. 2:16).
- Blue:
He was God manifested in flesh. He constantly remembered
His Father and His commandments.
- Purple:
He became the mediator between God (blue) and man (scarlet)
- Heb. 2:17. He manifested God before Israel in the days
of his flesh (John 1:14).
The
Four Pillars
As the entrance represented Christ as the door, and its curtains
were supported by four pillars, it is surely significant that
his life comes to us as recorded by four writers: Matthew,
Mark, Luke and John, whose gospels are for all to see.
The
purpose of Yahweh in causing these writers to record the living
manifestation of Himself was that others might be drawn to
him, and so become living witnesses to His righteousness.
Though the weakness of our mortal frame is consciously ever-present,
we can, and must, seek to overcome. If we display Divine characteristics
in this probationary life, and manifest Yahweh in this present
evil world, our natures will be changed "like unto his glorious
body" (Phil. 3:21), from mortal to immortal (1 Cor. 15:51-54),
"clothed upon with our house which is from heaven" (2 Cor.
5:2).
Moreover,
as in this present life, we uphold and display the character
and virtues of Yahweh, we can become the means whereby others
are drawn to Him, so that they also become the habitations
of the Father through His Spirit-Word abiding in them. By
so doing, we act the part of shepherds, leading sheep to the
door of the fold, even to the Lord Jesus Christ (John 10:1-3,7).
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