FINE TWINED LINEN Fine linen typifies personal righteousness (Revelation 19:8). The fine linen here typifies the sinless life of Christ. BLUE Blue. Christ's heavenly origin; purple, His royalty as David's son; scarlet, His sacrifice. CHERUBIMS (_ See Scofield) - (Ezekiel 1:5). _... [ Continue Reading ]
GOATS' HAIR Compare (Leviticus 16:5); (Leviticus 16:7). The reference seems to be to the result of the ordinance of the two goats as "covering" (_ See Scofield) - (Leviticus 16:5) _ thus speaking of Christ in atonement (_ See Scofield) - (Genesis 3:21). _ This thought is intensified in the col... [ Continue Reading ]
BOARDS The typical meaning of the boards is clear as to Christ. Acacia wood, a desert growth, is a fitting symbol of Christ in His humanity as "a root out of dry ground" (Isaiah 53:2). The covering, gold, typifies Deity in manifestation, speaks of His divine glory. As applied to the individual beli... [ Continue Reading ]
SOCKETS OF SILVER Silver symbolizes redemption. (_ See Scofield) - (Exodus 25:1). _ (_ See Scofield) - (Exodus 38:27). _ All the tabernacle rests upon silver except the hangings of the gate, the way of access. (_ See Scofield) - (Exodus 27:17). _... [ Continue Reading ]
SHITTIM That is, acacia.... [ Continue Reading ]
VAIL The inner veil, type of Christ's human body (Matthew 26:26); (Matthew 27:50); (Hebrews 10:20). This veil, barring entrance into the holiest, was the most expressive symbol of the truth that "by the deeds of the law shall no flesh be justified"; (Romans 3:20); (Hebrews 9:8). Rent by an unseen h... [ Continue Reading ]
SHITTIM That is, acacia.... [ Continue Reading ]
SHITTIM That is, acacia. BRASS (_ See Scofield) - (Exodus 27:17). _... [ Continue Reading ]