Exodus 27. The Court of the Tabernacle.
WE have now come to the outside, to what is spoken of as the court, or what we might call the yard. God passes by the laver, and says nothing about it in this chapter, just as He did about the golden altar. He has left these two out till He has the priest appointed, then He tells us about them, as they are vessels of approach.
The first vessel He tells us about is the altar for the burnt offering; it was placed by the gate of the court. It was the first vessel one had to meet in coming into the court, and it brings before us a type of the cross where the Lord Jesus was offered up as a sacrifice.
It is evident, if we want to approach God, we must come to Him through Christ. Therefore this court of the tabernacle had a hanging of fine twined linen all around it, and had one gate to enter through on the east side. How significant all this is of the only way of approach to God. Jesus says.
The gate of the court therefore, is a picture of Christ, as the way to the Father. We must come through Him, and remember there is no other way.
The next thing we would meet in coming to God, would be the altar, a type of the cross, so let us, by the eye of faith, look there and see that One who has said. “I am the way,” offering Himself up to God as a sweet-smelling savor so that He could be accepted for us, and that we might be accepted in Him.
God has done everything for us that is needed so that we can come right into His presence. If we do not come through Christ, it will be our own fault if we are lost.
May you, dear reader, take advantage of that blessed, competent Saviour. while it is still the clay of God’s grace. If you have already done so, may you seek to live for Him who has loved you and given Himself for you.
ML 06/11/1922