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Daily Devotionals
Day by Day Devotional - Year 1 of 5
Exodus 26:1-14
After these three objects – the ark, the table and the candlestick – comes the description of the Tabernacle strictly speaking. It was a structure of planks forming three walls over which were stretched four coverings lying on them, each one made up of several curtains. The first covering, called the tabernacle, was placed on the underside and constituted the ceiling. It was woven with threads of different colours which we find again in the veil (v. 31), and in the clothing of the high priest (Exodus 28:5). Each of the colours emphasizes a particular glory of Christ. The fine twined linen always illustrates His perfect humanity, the blue His heavenly character, the purple His universal glory, and finally the scarlet His kingship over Israel. The loops of blue and the hooks of gold holding the curtains together recall the heavenly and divine bonds uniting the redeemed. The second covering (the tent)* of goats’ hair, the third of rams’ skins and the fourth of badgers’ skins respectively suggest separation, consecration (Exodus 29:27), and vigilance. God found these virtues in the life of Jesus down here and His will is that they should be similarly manifest now in the life of His children.
*JND New Translation.
