THE DOOR
"Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead. Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast."
"Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep."
"Draw near unto me and I will draw near unto you, seek me diligently and ye shall find me; ask, and ye shall receive; knock, and is shall be opened unto you."
The door of the tabernacle was a hanging or curtain at the front of the sanctuary. This door or curtain was the entrance into the holy place. The scriptures state it was comprised of the colors white, blue, purple and scarlet. In addition, Exodus 26:36 says the curtain was to be "wrought with needlework" or artistry. As with the gate and veil, no known pattern as was revealed to Moses exists. The representation below is pure speculation. While the dimensions of the door are not specified, I have assumed a 10 x 10 cubit height and width.
The door separated the outer courtyard from the inner sanctuary or the holy place. There are numerous references in the scriptures which describe the inner sanctuary, or the holy place and the most holy place as the 'tabernacle of the congregation'. This hanging prevented onlookers from beholding what was inside. Only the priests of the Levitical Priesthood could enter through this door and pass into the holy place.
The Lord had several requirements of the Priests to prepare themselves to pass through this door. They had to wash in the Lavar, they had to put on the consecrated garments (Ex. 28:40-43)
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