Sermon 2825 - The Vail of the Temple.....(Sun pm 8/09/2009)

THE VAIL OF THE TEMPLE.....(SUN PM 8/9/2009)
Isaiah 55:1-3 tells us to buy the Truth and sell it not. We buy the Truth with our poverty. We begin our spiritual journey with theoretical Knowledge; then, we go on to the experiential Knowledge. But in the Father’s realm, we receive experiential Knowledge first; then we move to the theory side of the scales. Experience comes by the Spirit of God, and God’s Word is Spirit and Truth; it is also theory, so there are two sides.

The Mosaic Tabernacle was a picture of the Spiritual Stature of the Son of God. The Temple that was built by Solomon was a picture of the Father’s Spiritual Stature. Second Chronicles 3:10-14 is the only place in God’s Word that describes the vail in the Temple. There was wood in Solomon’s Temple. The Cherubim were made out of olive wood. There also were wooden doors. The wall between the Courtyard and the Holy Place and the wall between theHoly Place and the Holy of Holies were wood, with wooden doors. The vail that hung in the Holy of Holies was the one that was rent when Jesus hung on the Cross.

This message shows how the colours in the vail fit with the Wisdom, Understanding, Knowledge, and Prudence of the LORD’s Name. The Blue represented the Wisdom to forgive. The Purple fit with Understanding and signified gratitude. When we forgive others, we are expressing gratitude to the LORD for His Covering that He has given to us, so we are merely sharing our covering with somebody else. (The crimson colour in the vail was made from a crimson-coloured flying insect; it was a deeper red than scarlet.) The crimson represented the Resurrected Christ and pertained to the Father’s naw-tsakh Blood. Scarlet, which was made from a crawling worm, represented the Crucified Christ.  White, the colour of purity and clarity, fit with Prudence, and Prudence is the skilled Wisdom to make the right choices. The vail represented the Resurrected Christ, and it covered the Cherubim that protected the Father’s Ark in the Temple. The Cherubim were a wall of protection and a support for the vail.