The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-12-03

tabernacle of the congregation" The
tabernacle, its furniture service, all stood
as type of more durable house to be
built for God later by Solomon.
During the forty days Of Moses first
meeting with God in Sinai, an exact
pattern of the whole was shown him. and
all made according to it. According to all
that shew thee, after the pattern of the
tabernacle and the pattern of all the in
struments thereof, even so shall We make
it, The people offered willingly for this
structure, men and women, all, whose
heart made them willing, brought all
manner of material for its building. We
are told in Exodus (35:4-35) that at the
request of Moses, the people gave "gold
and silver, and brass, and blue and
purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and
goats hair, and ram skins, dyed red, and
badgers skin and all manner of material.
'sAnd they came, every one whose
heart stirred him up, and every one whom
his spirit made willing, and they brought
the Lords offering to the work of the
tabernacle of the congregation, and for
all his service, and for the holy gar
ments. *** And all the women that were
wise hearted didspin with their hands, and
brought that which they had spun, both
of blue. and Of purple, and of scarlet, and
of fine linen"
Oh, that Gods people that were wise
today and would willinga offer for the
building of the great spiritual tabernacle of
the ages.
The fine linen was production OF
Egypt and used in preparing mummies.
1t is said that this linen is now sometimes
found wrapped around mummies unsulted;
the goats hair was product of their own
flock; the shittim wood was the wild AGA
cia of the desert, the tree of 1.-THE burning
BUSH"
They brought oils, gems and precious
stones; Bezaleel of the tribe of Judah, and
Aholiab of the tribe of Dan, superintendent
all the work, being skilled in all manner
of workmanship T" The tabernacle was a
portable building, and contained the ark,
the symbol of Gods presence, the court
of the tabernacle was $50 by 75ft, IL ft.
high, and supported by pillars of brass IN
feet apart The tabernacle itself was an
oblong structure, IS feet long and IS feet
divided into two chambers, the first, or
outer, was 80 feet in length, and the inner
IS feet. The first was the holy place, con-
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of the table of sheWbread opposite, and
between them in the center, the alter of
incense, the last was the "Most Holy
Place." or the "Holy of Holies," contain
ing the Ark, by the cherubim with
the two tables inside. Its boards,
rings, sockets and slaves are all described
in the Bible. The curtain, which divides
the holy place from the ''Holy of Holes"
was called a "vaiI." This is the vail
that trent from top to BOTTOM" when
Christ was dyeing on the cross; it mant
that from then on the way to God was
open through Christ. "To enter within
the vail is to have the closest access to
God. All believers may now enter 1.-THE
Holy of Holes" ''by the blood of Christ,
by new and living way which he hath
consecrated for US, through the vail, that
is to say his flesh" (Heb. Io:Io-2o)
The ''Holy Place" was only enteredby
the priest daily, to offer incense at the
times of morning and evening prayers
and to renew the lights on the golden
candlestick, and on the Sabbath to remove
the old shewbread and to place the new
upon the table. In'the "Holy of Holes
within the vail, and shrouded in darkness
there was but one object--the Ark of the
Covenant, containing the tables of stone
inscribed with the 'TenCommandments''
The Ark of the Covenant was an oblong
chest of shittim (acacia) wood, 3 feet anc