The One Year Bible - Day 46

It is worth really studying the construction of the tabernacle and courtyard in Exedosu since there are many metaphors. The main one however is that in our natural fallen state, we do not have direct access to God. We have access by intermediaries especially chosen and prepared by God for the task, people who have to do things exactly right to avoid dying! Anyway, we know with hindsight how fortunate we are that because of Jesus death, we can all symbolically walk into the Most Holy Place where God's presence is without worrying about judgement. The curtain in the temple (the permanent replacement for the tabernacle) was torn when Jesus died and this proved that His death was accepted by God as a one-off all-covering sacrifice to pay for our sins.