Exodus 26:31-37

³¹ “And you should make a veil of blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen. It should be made with cherubim skillfully worked into it. ³² And you should hang it on four pillars of acacia overlaid with gold, with hooks of gold, on four bases of silver. ³³ And you should hang the veil from the clasps, and bring the ark of the testimony in there within the veil. And the veil should separate for you the Holy Place from the Most Holy. ³⁴ You should put the mercy seat on the ark of the testimony in the Most Holy Place. ³⁵ And you should set the table outside the veil, and the lampstand on the south side of the tabernacle opposite the table, and you should put the table on the north side. ³⁶ “You should make a screen door for the entrance of the tent, out of blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen, embroidered with needlework. ³⁷ And you should make for the screen door five pillars of acacia, and overlay them with gold. Their hooks should be made of gold, and you should cast five bases of bronze for them.

behind curtain number 2

The first curtain one came to upon entering the tabernacle was the access screen, and this symbolized the fact that EVERYONE has access to God through prayer. This curtain portrayed access through the sky. The second curtain was the veil, which spoke of a future time when God’s people would have even more intimate and lasting access to him because of the blood of Christ. It’s not the same word as a bridal veil, but the imagery might be there. The barrier of personal sins will be taken away, when Messiah is crucified and dies, removing the curse of the second death, and allowing free access to the heart of the Father because of the Son’s sacrifice.

Both curtains were made of a combination of three colors:

1. Blue represented the sky, and the incredible distance humanity has to cross to reach the throne.

2. Purple represented royalty, and the respect due our King of kings.

3. Scarlet represented death, the wages of sin. Our access to the Father in this age through prayer and praise will be cut off by our deaths, the result of our ancestors’ sin in Eden. Our access to the Father in eternity is provided for by the death of our Savior.

LORD, thank you for giving us access to your heart for eternity. We celebrate the opening of curtain number 2.