Exodus 26:30-33

Exodus 26:30-33 And thou shalt rear up the tabernacle according to the fashion thereof which was shewed thee in the mount. And thou shalt make a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work: with cherubims shall it be made: And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shittim wood overlaid with gold: their hooks shall be of gold, upon the four sockets of silver. And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thou mayest bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony: and the vail shall divide unto you between the holy place and the most holy. The Tabernacle was a beautiful building, but still, it was a tent. It had to be moveable so that Israel could take it with them as they traveled through the wilderness on the way to the Promised Land. It had several layers of coverings with a thick fabric curtain in the front. A second curtain divided the Tabernacle into two rooms. The first room had three pieces of furniture: the seven armed candlestick called the menorah, the table of showbread, and the altar of incense. The second room, the inner room, was a special place. It contained only the Ark of the Covenant. The high Priest was only allowed in once a year on the Day of Atonement. He brought a blood sacrifice and sprinkled it on the Mercy Seat, which was the lid of the Ark. That was the place where God met with mankind. But it was accessible only once a year and then only to the High Priest. But, in the New Testament, when Jesus Christ died on the cross, at the very moment of His death, there was a great earthquake and the ve

il of the Temple was torn open in the middle. But it was ripped open from top to bottom, not from the bottom to the top. The earthquake did not cause the rip, God the Father caused the rip! God opened up that special room and made a way for all of us to come to Him in salvation! Jesus Christ was our sacrifice! Jesus Christ made the way for us to come to God!