BEHIND THE CURTAIN

OPEN DOOR LIVING

1 Kings 6:31–38 ESV

31 For the entrance to the inner sanctuary he made doors of olivewood; the lintel and the doorposts were five-sided. 32 He covered the two doors of olivewood with carvings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers. He overlaid them with gold and spread gold on the cherubim and on the palm trees. 33 So also he made for the entrance to the nave doorposts of olivewood, in the form of a square, 34 and two doors of cypress wood. The two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding. 35 On them he carved cherubim and palm trees and open flowers, and he overlaid them with gold evenly applied on the carved work. 36 He built the inner court with three courses of cut stone and one course of cedar beams. 37 In the fourth year the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid, in the month of Ziv. 38 And in the eleventh year, in the month of Bul, which is the eighth month, the house was finished in all its parts, and according to all its specifications. He was seven years in building it.

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WHAT’S BEHIND THE VEIL?

Exodus 26:33 ESV

33 And you shall hang the veil from the clasps, and bring the ark of the testimony in there within the veil. And the veil shall separate for you the Holy Place from the Most Holy.

GOD IS WANTING TO TAKE HIS PEOPLE FROM HOLY PLACE DWELLERS TO THOSE WHO INHABIT THE MOST HOLY PLACE!

Exodus 40:3 ESV

3 And you shall put in it the ark of the testimony, and you shall screen the ark with the veil.

1 Kings 6:19 ESV

19 The inner sanctuary he prepared in the innermost part of the house, to set there the ark of the covenant of the Lord.

Exodus 40:21 ESV

21 And he brought the ark into the tabernacle and set up the veil of the screen, and screened the ark of the testimony, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

Hebrews 9:1–5 ESV

1 Now even the first covenant had regulations for worship and an earthly place of holiness. 2 For a tent was prepared, the first section, in which were the lampstand and the table and the bread of the Presence. It is called the Holy Place. 3 Behind the second curtain was a second section called the Most Holy Place, 4 having the golden altar of incense and the ark of the covenant covered on all sides with gold, in which was a golden urn holding the manna, and Aaron’s staff that budded, and the tablets of the covenant. 5 Above it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat. Of these things we cannot now speak in detail.

INSCENSE - WORSHIP AND INTERCESSION - PRAYERS!

BOWL OF MANNA - GOD’S PROVISION AND SYMOBOLIC OF THE BREAD OF LIFE - JESUS

AARONS STAFF THAT BUDDED - SPEAKS OF GOD BRINGING LIFE TO THOSE THINGS THAT WERE DEAD AND HIS DELEGATED GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITY

TABLETS OF THE COVENANT - SPEAKS OF COVENANT RELATIONSHIP WITH A PEOPLE THAT HE HAS CALLED OUT AND MADE HIS OWN!