The Door

The beautiful multicolored curtain was called the door.
It was 10 cubits long x 10 cubits wide with 5 pillars.

'The Door of the Tabernacle' (Ex 26:36-37)

Ex 26:36-37 "You shall make a screen for the door of the tabernacle, woven of blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine woven linen, made by a weaver. And you shall make for the screen five pillars of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold; their hooks shall be of gold, and you shall cast five sockets of bronze for them."

nly the priests (sons of Aaron) could enter into the holy place and minister within the tabernacle structure itself. Of course he must wash his hands and feet at the laver before entering. The beautiful skillfully wrought curtain which was called the door revealed the holiness of God as seen by the cherubim that were embroidered throughout the curtain.

- The door of the tabernacle was 10 cubits long x 10 cubits wide (The entrance gate was 20 x 5 cubits, and the veil was 10 cubits square, it is very interesting that all three entrances totalled 100 cubits each.)

- It had 5 pillars (acacia wood overlaid with gold) with their 5 bronze sockets:

Ps 97:2 Clouds and darkness surround Him; righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne.

- Each pillar had a capital (crown) of gold:

Ex 36:38 and its five pillars with their hooks. And he overlaid their capitals and their rings with gold, but their five sockets were bronze.

- Upon these 5 pillars there were gold rings for the screen. The screen was made of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine linen thread, the work of a weaver (skillfully wrought with needles)

Ps 139:15 My frame was not hidden from You, when I was made in secret, and skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.

images/STAR3.gif A Type of Christ

Jesus said, "I am the door." Once the priest came to the altar and made atonement for himself he could approach the door of the tabernacle but only after washing at the laver. In the new covenant the believer priest must first have his sins atoned for at the altar of the cross before he dare enter into the Presence of God. We have a door that is always open and we can worship and commune with the Lord at any time. Because Jesus is that door of approach we can be assured that we are acceptable in His sight. The Word of God says, "Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need."
John 10:7-9 Then Jesus said to them again, "Most assuredly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. All who ever came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them. I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture."
2 Pet 1:11 for so an entrance will be supplied to you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

Jn 14:6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.