The Curtain of
the second vail was a type of Christ through which we also enter the holiest
for the experience of consecration. Heb 9:3; Heb. 10:19-23; The Angels on the
curtains were the guardians of his presence just like they guarded the way to
the tree of life in Genesis. You had to meet certain conditions before
you could enter into his presence. Eph. 2:18; Romans 5:1,2.
The curtain or the veil was a thick fabric with no seams. It had the same four
colors as the linen covering, white, red, blue and gold. It also had two large
Cherubim sewn into it, almost guarding the final entrance. There was only one
man allowed past this curtain, and then only once a year, for the Day of
Atonement. He would take the blood of the offering from the Altar, and walk
into the Holy Place, the first room. Then past the veil, hung by hooks and
rings from four gold covered columns. Into the Most Holy Place, or the Holy of
Holies. Here the Blood would be offered., More on that in the last page.
(next)
There was no other meaning of this
than just a separation from God. Only the blood could buy access past
it. The
other priests, ministering in the front room could not see past it, except for
perhaps some light shining out of that area. The Light of the Presence of the
Lord, because there was no artificial light in that
place. The people of
Israel understood the fear and awe of the Lord and were even comfortable with
this separation. Whenever Moses would come from speaking with God. He would
come with the Shekanah Glory upon his face. It was so frightening to the
Israelites, they requested he wear a veil himself, over his face.
Note: Do you have the Shekanah Glory? Do the devil
fear you? Do you bring this kind of presence in his service?
This glory is none other than the spiritual
presence of Almighty God.
But God had other ideas. He wanted,
and showed by this whole tabernacle, a way to reconcile sinful man back to
himself. And so if you download the animation I have made about this, you will
see something that took place in the Temple of Solomon, in the days of Jesus.
(The Temple was a fancy, permanent, reproduction of the Tabernacle, built by
Solomon in Jerusalem, many years after all this) In the animation you will see
the curtain, the veil parted in two, torn not by man from the bottom to the
top, but at the death of the Messiah, and the payment for man's sins being
made in FULL, the veil rent from TOP to BOTTOM by the Lord Himself. When Jesus
said "It is finished!" The scene in the Temple played out, then the
Holy of Holies was bared for ALL to see, and access was made for all who would
believe, to come to relationship with the Father; the One true God.
There is only one place to go from here...........................The
Ark, the mercy seat of God.