Blue – Heaven, Purple – Royalty, Scarlet – Blood, White – Purity
“Washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb” (Rev 7:14) – White and Red
“Kingdom of Heaven” – Blue and Purple
The Blood of Christ gives us the purity to reach the Kingdom of Heaven. The red the white the purple and the blue
We will see these colors in everything – the curtains, the vestments of the priests, etc.
Tabernacle of Meeting
The screen between the holy and holy of holies is the separation of earth and heaven
The veil was torn in half at the Cross
Altar of Burnt Offering
Notice that everything outside the Holies is Bronze and everything inside the Holies is overlaid with gold
Bronze is a symbol of pain, Wood of the Cross – this is the altar that people would see and interact with to offer their sacrifices
Outer Court
Oil for the Lampstand
Oil is a symbol of the Holy Spirit
Priestly Vestments
Consecration of Priests
Altar of Incense
This is weird because altar implies sacrifice (Mazba7 – zabee7a)
From the Old Testament, incense is considered a sacrifice.
Vespers and Matins are considered sacrifices because they are Raising of Incense prayers
“He who offered Himself as an acceptable sacrifice upon the Cross for the salvation of our race. His good Father smelled Him in the evening on Golgotha” – as if we are saying the incense is the scent and aroma of Christ on the Cross
Where is incense
Incense is in the Old Testament, in the New Testament, and in the Book of Revelation
There’s priesthood in the Old testament, in the New Testament, and in the Book of Revelation!
Incense is tied to priesthood
“My name shall be great among the Gentiles; in every place incense shall be offered to My name” (Malachi 1:11)
Artisans for the Temple
God chose people to make all of these things – people who were skilled but they got their skill and knowledge from the Holy Spirit
Sabbath Law
God reminds them again of the Sabbath Law
“And when He had made an end of speaking with him on Mount Sinai, He gave Moses two tablets of the Testimony, tablets of stone, written with the finger of God.”
