You have just stepped inside the first Room of Mystery. There is only one way in and it is also the same way out – through the screen just behind you. That might give you pause, because the Veil that hangs across the room, on the other side of the Altar of Incense, is not another way out – it is the way to an even deeper spiritual life, and the Holy of Holies. However, I’ll cover that Veil in a later post.

You might have noticed in Scripture that ninety nine times God calls this tent His dwelling. He has brought you here to increase the measure of His dwelling within you. The impossible will become possible and you are here to prove it. Many can dwell in Him, few allow Him to dwell in them.

Within a couple of minutes your eyes have adjusted enough to see the three pieces of furniture that are spread around the room. But, there is more to see than just the furniture. Through the smoke that comes from the Altar of Incense directly across the room you will soon notice there are two more spellbinding matters that separate this room from any other room you have ever been in up to this point. The first of the two are the walls of Gold.

WALLS of GOLD
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The more adjusted your eyes become; you will eventually see there is an unearthly color to this room. That color comes from the reflected light of the flames of the Menorah/Lampstand bouncing off the two sidewalls of Gold. The color of the flame and the color of Gold create an Amber-esk color, which is strangely picked up by the white smoke and so the color, unaffected by gravity, literally seems to swirl and move through the air. That this room would have this Amber color makes sense in so much as, every time a color is ascribed to God in Scripture, it is described as the flame and gold color of Amber.

You may remember that in the Outercourt everything was made from polished brass, but here, in the first Room of Mystery, Gold is the predominate theme and it is everywhere. The only exception is the brass base of the Golden walls. Remember, the walls of the Rooms of Mystery are ten cubits high (fifteen feet) and twenty cubits long (thirty feet). That is a lot of Gold.

THE CHERUBIM COVERING
If you can unlock you gaze from the swirl around you and look up, you will see the white form of the twenty Cherubim woven into the Linen tapestry above you. This tapestry covers the entire length of the two Rooms of Mystery (Sanctuary). It is hanging over the outside of the Golden Walls and is directly above you. There is nothing separating you from them.

In this Holy atmosphere these Cherubim seem so real you almost expect them to fly – which is actually what they are doing above and around the Throne Room in Heaven. Remember, Moses had to construct exactly what he saw when God revealed the structure of Heaven to him (EX. 25). It is extremely hard to weave moving beings into a tapestry so the still ones will have to do, and there are twenty of them covering the length of the Sanctuary.

These Cherubim are to remind you that Heaven is watching you and involved with your life - daily and minute-by-minute of each and every day.

THE COLORS OF TOTAL COVERING
The same four colors, blue, purple, scarlet, and white cover not only the sides and top of these Golden Rooms or Sanctuary, but also the screen entrance to each room including the first curtain to the Tabernacle and the Interior Veil that divides the Holy Place from the Holy of Holies. In this sense they depict four glorious aspects of Jesus and what He alone did to reconcile you to God the Father.

The blue represents the prophetic nature of Jesus, the Purple depicts the authority He has in Heaven and Earth, the Scarlet depicts His blood that was shed on the Earth, and the white depicts His sinless nature. You must pass through each of these to enter any room. There is no other way to God the father.  If it were not for these four aspects of the life of Jesus you would not be able to enter this or any room of the Tabernacle – let alone stand where you are. Jesus alone is the door, the Dalet, the way to the Father.

I’ll write about the “Dark Night of the Soul” and the relationship of the furniture to you in my next post a few days from now.
Blessings,
John Paul

For those of you who might be new to this current theme of my blog, we are on a journey through the Tabernacle of Moses in an effort to see the many facets of how God gave us symbols, types, and shadows throughout the tabernacle in order to reveal the process and the transition of drawing close to Him. It is important to remember that the design and layout of this particular Tabernacle was shown to Moses (Ex.25) and he was instructed not to deviate from the pattern he saw in constructing it. It is a picture of Heaven, it is also the design of man who God longs to make the Tabernacle of God.

The outer layer of white linen curtains comprises the perimeter or wall of the Tabernacle. Inside the Tabernacle is the covered room(s) and Scripture calls the two as one - the “Sanctuary.” I often refer to them as the rooms of Mystery because form the outside you cannot see inside them and unlike the outer court they are covered.

The area outside the Sanctuary is the “Outer court” or “Court of the Gentiles,” where sin (lust of the flesh) is addressed in your life. This process in your life may also be called the Dark Night of the Wilderness, though you are about to find out that this area of the Tabernacle is much brighter than the rooms you are about to enter. It only seems dark because of the emotions you experience as you give up things that are ultimately destructive to you, all the while thinking you have to give up everything you like and  enjoy.

THE ENTERING
It is now time for you to take a deep breath and move forward between the Pillars of Grace. You reach down to lift the screen, and step inside. As the screen drops behind you, you find it hard to see for a while. The only light that you have to see by is from the Lampstand to your left. It has seven flames, one from each of its seven branches.

It will take some time for your eyes to adjust from the light of the Sun to the light of the Lampstand. As that happens, you begin to make out the silhouettes of a table with some bread on it and on the other side of the room, directly across from you; there is an Altar with smoke rising from it. In fact, the room is filled with that smoke.

The room you have entered is small. It is one fifth the size of the outer court and therefore much smaller at 20 cubits long and 10 cubits wide, than the 100cubits by 50 cubits of the outer court. So you might feel a “pressed in” feeling. Some even suffer from spiritual claustrophobia and immediately want to bolt back to where they came from. One thing is for sure it will take some time to feel comfortable in this room when you are used to living your own life.

By entering this room, you not only have chosen to do so, but without knowing it you have now entered the Dark Night of the Soul and the next deeper level of your Transition begins.

More on the Rooms of Mystery in a couple of days.

Blessings,
John Paul

In preparation to walk through the curtain and into the first room of Mystery, the Holy Place, you will first have two issues that will have to be settled. Each seems easy to do, but in actuality they are quite difficult to live. We humans are so caught up in our own capabilities and self-sufficiency that the thought of being incapable of something seems noble, but hardly acceptable. However, the truth is that those thoughts do not make us more able, but less.

THE FIVE PILLARS
The First step you must face before going into the Holy Place is that you have to pass through the five Golden Pillars. Up to this point you have not seen Gold, it is not used anywhere in the Court yard. Each Gold covered pillar you are looking at represents the Holy, Pure nature of God and you will see a lot of Gold in the rooms ahead as the holy nature of God is abundant. Each Pillar is 10 Cubits tall (fifteen feet) but, more importantly, they represent the five facets of God’s Grace, which are Patience, Humility, Equality, Favor, and Kindness. Believe it or not, you do not possess the fullness of these five facets at this time, even if you think you do. It is by His grace that you can enter here and not be killed. What you got away with in the Outer Court will get you killed in the Holy Place.

You will learn the finite nature of each of the five facets or pillars before you change rooms again. I might add, that the learning of these facets of Grace do not constitute the consistent application of them  – that will take the rest of your life. But, for now your desire to come closer is good enough and once inside that desire goes a long way in aiding the speed of the maturation process in your journey. To enter this room, there is just enough room for one person to walk between any of the Pillars. But, before you do there is first a screen or curtain that you have to lift to enter the Holy Place. This is the second of the two matters that you must settle before you can enter.

THE SCREEN TO THE HOLY PLACE
The first curtain you have already passed through was actually the curtain to the Tabernacle and the Outer Court. The second curtain, the one you face now is to the Holy Place and is actually called the “screen.” It is made of fine linen as is the inlaid Cherubim covering of the Sanctuary and the curtain to the Tabernacle itself. In fact, all three entry tapestries are made from hand woven, fine linen, and designed with the same four colors: Blue Scarlet, Purple and White.

These four colors of each door remind us that Jesus is the “Door” and we can only enter through the prophetic testimony of Jesus, the blood of Jesus, the authority of Jesus, and the righteousness of Jesus. No entry into Heaven would be possible without those four elements – none of which we have earned or have any capability of achieving.

The covering of the third door to the Holy of Holies is called the “Veil” and I’ll write about it in a later post.

If there is any design in the “Screen” it is not given in Scripture. Many believe there was woven some sort of design that portrayed heavenly, spiritual, beings flying or orbiting around, guarding the third Heaven and interacting with us. Others feel the “all seeing eye” of God was woven into the screen. Perhaps all of the above was woven there, we do not know.  But, we do know this that all mysteries are unlocked in Him.

As you stand there, ready to walk in, you cannot help but be reminded once again of all Jesus did is in reconciling us to the Father and preparing the way for us to have unbroken communion with Him.

And now you can lift the screen and take a step into an atmosphere and a sight you shall never forget.

Blessings,
John Paul