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Apr-05-0095-The court of the Tabernacle

95_The court of the tabernacle Ex 27:9-19 “You shall make the court of the tabernacle. On the south side the court shall have hangings of fine twined linen a hundred cubits long for one side. 10 Its twenty pillars and their twenty bases shall be of bronze, but the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver. 11 And likewise for its length on the north side there shall be hangings a hundred cubits long, its pillars twenty and their bases twenty, of bronze, but the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver. 12 And for the breadth of the court on the west side there shall be hangings for fifty cubits, with ten pillars and ten bases. 13 The breadth of the court on the front to the east shall be fifty cubits. 14 The hangings for the one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and three bases. 15 On the other side the hangings shall be fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and three bases. 16 For the gate of the court there shall be a screen twenty cubits long, of blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen, embroidered with needlework. It shall have four pillars and with them four bases. 17 All the pillars around the court shall be filleted with silver. Their hooks shall be of silver, and their bases of bronze. 18 The length of the court shall be a hundred cubits, the breadth fifty, and the height five cubits, with hangings of fine twined linen and bases of bronze. 19 All the utensils of the tabernacle for every use, and all its pegs and all the pegs of the court, shall be of bronze. Picture a man standing outside the Tabernacle in the wilderness, his eyes straining against the brightness of the midday sun. As he gazes at the structure before him, all he sees is an unbroken wall of dazzling white linen, stretching 100 cubits in length and 50 cubits in width. The fence, standing 7.5 feet tall, is impenetrable to sight, revealing nothing of what lies within. He walks along its perimeter, searching for an opening, but none appears. The sheer whiteness of the fine twined linen blinds him, symbolizing an unattainable standard of holiness. "Holiness becomes your house forevermore, O Lord," declares Psalm 93:5. This is the essence of what the Tabernacle’s court represented—the absolute purity of God’s dwelling place. The Israelites alone were permitted to enter this sacred space, while all others had to remain outside. The linen curtain, woven tightly and securely fastened to bronze pillars with silver hooks, stood as a barrier between the holiness of God and the sinfulness of man. The bronze sockets, upon which the pillars stood, reminded the people of the righteous judgment of God, while the silver pointed to redemption—the price paid for their entry into His presence. The structure of the Tabernacle reveals much about the person of Jesus Christ, the complete and final revelation of God. John declares, "The Word became flesh and tabernacled among