The Tabernacle: Lesson 5

Overview

Behind the Veil: The Holy of Holies and the Finished Work of Christ

From the very beginning, God placed Himself at the center of His people. The tribes of Israel camped around the Tabernacle, and at its heart stood the Holy of Holies—the dwelling place of God among His people. Separating that innermost room from the rest of the sanctuary was the veil: a single piece of fine linen woven with blue, purple, and crimson yarns, embroidered with cherubim, hung on four pillars of acacia overlaid with gold Exodus 26:31-37. The cherubim woven into the veil—and fashioned atop the mercy seat—echo the cherubim God placed at the entrance of Eden to guard the way to the tree of life Genesis 3:24. They guarded sinful humanity from approaching a holy God unworthily, but in doing so they also guarded humanity from being locked into eternity as sinners. Even the barrier was an act of grace.

Within the Holy of Holies stood the ark of the covenant, containing the tablets of the Law, with the mercy seat as its lid. From above the mercy seat, between the cherubim, God promised to meet with His people and deliver His commands Exodus 25:22. Nearby were kept the jar of manna Exodus 16:33-34 and Aaron's budded staff Numbers 17:10-11—reminders of God's provision and His judgment against rebellion. Once a year, on the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur), the high priest entered this sacred space. He first offered a bull as a sin offering for himself and his household, then cast lots over two goats: one slaughtered as a sin offering for the people, the other—the scapegoat—sent into the wilderness bearing their iniquities. Blood was sprinkled on and before the mercy seat, cleansing God's dwelling place from the pollution of the people's sin Leviticus 16. Bells sewn to the hem of the high priest's robe assured those waiting outside that he was still alive—that his offering had been accepted.

Every detail of this system was a shadow pointing forward. When Jesus breathed His last on the cross, "the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom" Mark 15:37-38. That tearing—from top to bottom, by no human hand—announced that the barrier between God and humanity was finished. Jesus is the perfect High Priest: holy, blameless, undefiled, with no need to offer sacrifice for His own sin, because He had none Hebrews 7:26-28. The old sacrifices, repeated year after year, could never truly take away sin; they were a yearly reminder of it. But Christ offered Himself once for all, sat down at the right hand of God, and by that single offering "has perfected for all time those who are sanctified" Hebrews 10:1-18.

The pastoral takeaway is simple but life-shaping: the veil is torn. We do not need another mediator, another sacrifice, or another annual ritual to be made right with God. He Himself, in the second person of the Trinity, has opened the way to His throne. It is easy to live as though God remains distant or inaccessible—to keep hanging the curtain back up in our own hearts. But God has dwelt among His people from the beginning, and now He dwells within us by His Spirit. Approach the mercy seat with confidence. The work is finished, and you are welcome in.

Transcript

So let's, we're gonna pick up with our final class in the Tabernacle. 2s

This has been such a fun study. 8s

I have thoroughly enjoyed it. 10s

Before I say anything more, let's go ahead and begin with a word of prayer. 13s

Lord, we thank you so much. 18s

We thank you for promising to dwell amongst your people first with the Israelites in the 21s

Tabernacle, and then in the temple with your people, the Hebrews. 27s

And then eventually, you came to dwell amongst us in our own hearts. 32s

We thank you so much that we are promised to never live without you, that you go with us, 39s

go before us, go beside us, go behind us always. 46s

You are with us and we thank you for this Lord. 49s

And we thank you that we have the promise in you, that we will be in your presence now and forever more. 52s

Lord, we ask that you would use this final hour of studying the Tabernacle. 59s

We ask that you would use it to your glory, that you would open our hearts and 65s

our minds to where you would have us know you better, and that we would grow in faith and 69s

love towards you and towards what another in this study. 76s

We lift this all to you in the awesome name of Jesus Christ, Amen. 80s

Okay, so just a quick reminder that this study started because every time I read about the 85s

Tabernacle or every time I read about the Tabernacle, I thought that this is just too much. 97s

Why is it in here? 106s

And so it kind of started with a wamp waw, kind of a sour-puss mood, which made me think that God was 108s

then convicting me, saying, learn it, teach it, grow. 118s

So that's how this study had started and I have got to tell you, I have had so much fun 123s

digging in and finding out why such important details or very, very detailed explanations and 129s

instructions were given to the Hebrew people. 141s

And it's been so much fun to really look as we're studying at how the Tabernacle really 144s

points to Christ, that it really leads us directly to Christ and Christ's action for us. 152s

And so we're going to finish up today with really digging into the Holy of Holies, but just 162s

a quick review. 171s

So the temple layout, we have that outer temple, there's like a linen fence around this, 174s

in the outer temple, well, and around the outer temple, we have all of the tribes of Israel, 184s

which is very interesting that God, even then, he was centered, he was centered in his people. 191s

We talk about Jesus being the center of our hearts and being in our hearts and God from 201s

moment one of dwelling with his people, he has been in the center. 208s

So that's just kind of a cool aside. 213s

So we have this outer court where we have the altar, this is where sacrifices are made. 216s

We have the labor where then the priests wash themselves to make sure they are pure before 223s

entering into the most holy place. 229s

They enter into the most holy place. 232s

This is that tent within the outer court, that tent that is split into, we've got the 234s

table of show bread or the table of the presence. 245s

This is where there are 12 things of bread that are for each of the tribes of Israel and 250s

those get changed every single week. 258s

We have the all-terrain sense that always has a specific concoction or mixture of spices, 261s

herbs, oils. 274s

This is a very specific concoction that's on there and it's to burn at all times before 275s

the Lord. 281s

This is the one where Aaron's sons tried to offer an unholy fire or a smell of their own 282s

and they were consumed. 290s

They were killed. 293s

This is also that mixture, if you recall, in scripture the people were told that it is 295s

only for the altar of incense that it was not to be worn as a perfume. 300s

So it was special and holy unto the Lord alone. 305s

Then we have also the lampstand. 309s

I saved this for last in our review because we have, as you recall, we were talking about 312s

the lampstand and it looks like a menorah and so graciously. 320s

We had a few of our congregants say, well, that's not a menorah. 326s

A menorah has nine stems. 330s

Yes, you're absolutely correct. 332s

But in Hanukkah, that is the celebration where it is the lampstand and I know I'm going 335s

to butcher this, so just have grace. 341s

It's the lampstand where the oil never went out and so there were the nine lights. 344s

But it looks like a menorah. 353s

It's in the shape of a menorah. 356s

So we're going to go with that. 359s

No, but so we have that lampstand. 363s

So as you recall, the priest enters in here to tend to the lampstand. 366s

Those lights don't go out. 370s

Make sure that the showbred is changed out every week and that the incense, the altar 371s

of incense is burning. 377s

So the priest, the high priest has a very important job or the priests have a very important job. 380s

And they are the only ones that are allowed to come into the most holy place. 386s

Then we have the holy of holies. 393s

And what separates the most holy place, this whole thing is the most holy place, but what 398s

separates this is the veil. 403s

The veil and the screen. 407s

The screen, so the veil and the screen are separating the two spaces in that tabernacle. 410s

The veil served as a partition between the holy place and the holy of holies. 416s

And there's a reason why this is the holy of holies because this is where the arch of 423s

the covenant was. 428s

That is where God dwelt with his people. 430s

So this was the center of where God was. 433s

That is exactly where he dwelt. 438s

And so with the arch of the covenant and the mercy seat being there, really this veil was 441s

protecting God from man, but I think even more accurately protecting man from God because 451s

remember man cannot be in the presence of the most holy and almighty God. 459s

This is also where he met with Moses. 467s

So when it talks about Moses and God spoke face to face, this is where Moses would speak 471s

to God. 476s

Let's go to Exodus. 479s

That's the second book in the Bible. 480s

Exodus chapter 26, where we're going to read beginning in verse 31, so Exodus 26, 31. 483s

This is about this veil, this curtain. 494s

You shall make a curtain of blue, purple, and crimson yarns, and of the fine and of fine 498s

twisted linen. 504s

It shall be made with cherubim, skillfully worked into it. 505s

So cherubim were woven into it. 508s

You shall hang it on four pillars of a caccia overlaid with gold, which have hooks of gold, 513s

and rest on four bases of silver. 518s

You shall hang the curtain under the clasps and bring the arch of the covenant in there, 521s

with the curtain and the curtain shall separate for you. 525s

The holy place from the most holy. 529s

You shall put the mercy seat on the arch of the covenant in the most holy place. 532s

You shall set the table outside the curtain and the lamp stand on the south side of the 536s

tabernacle, opposite the table, and you shall put the table on the north side. 540s

You shall make a screen for the entrance of the tent, of blue, purple, and crimson yarns, 546s

and of fine twisted linen embroidered with needlework. 551s

You shall make for the screen five pillars of caccia and overlay them with gold. 554s

Their hooks shall be of gold, and you shall cast five bases of bronze for them. 558s

So this veil, it was kind of floating for a lack of better terms. 563s

So it was held up by some rings on some pillars, and it covered not only did it come down and 573s

separate the two places, but it kind of came over the arch of the covenant. 584s

So it really was all encasing for this arch. 589s

Oh, we don't have the arch on there yet, we will. 595s

For the arch. 598s

So this veil, it was very important, and it was also, you'll remember, it was one piece, 599s

only one piece, and the cherubim were woven into it. 607s

The veil always was there to separate God from man. 611s

And then once a year, Aaron or the high priest would enter into the holy of holies through the veil, 616s

but because there's no separation in this veil, the high priest would have to go around on one of the sides. 623s

The temple, when the temple gets built by Solomon, the design is very similar, where there's that 632s

on the veil into the holy of holies once a year. 646s

Inside the holy of holies was the arch of the covenant and the mercy seat. 650s

So here we have, what is blue still, here we have the arch of the covenant and the mercy seat. 658s

And there was, the mercy seat was the lid of the covenant, we're going to get into this. 666s

I don't even want to try to draw cherubim. 672s

But they're facing each other. 676s

Okay, they're not flags, but they're facing each other. 680s

So, and the, the, the, the arch of the covenant is on poles, so no one is to touch this. 686s

You'll remember when David is, when they're taking the arch of the covenant in a parade, I mean, 692s

it's a joyous thing and they're taking it, and the oxen start to stumble. 698s

And so, I think it's Uzziah or Yeriah, Uzziah. 702s

Reach is out to steady the, the arch and he touches it and he is immediately 708s

smoked. He is immediately consumed because he touched the arch of the covenant. 714s

And this was, I mean, this is where God dwelt. 721s

This is untouchable. 724s

So, um, so the mercy seat was the lid on the arch and on it were the two cherubim. 726s

I do want to talk about these cherubim for a second because remember, there are cherubim that 733s

are woven into this veil. There are cherubim on the mercy seat. So, let's look at, um, at a 737s

couple of, of interesting things with the cherubim. Let's go to Genesis. So, just go back to Genesis 745s

chapter 3 verse 24. So, it's the last verse in chapter 3 of Genesis, where this is after 751s

Adam and Eve have sinned after God tells them what, um, what the, the, the curse of sin is. 761s

And then it says he drove out the man. This is from the Garden of Eden. 771s

And at the east of the Garden of Eden, he placed the cherubim and a sword flaming 776s

and turning to guard the way to the tree of life. So, God set up at the entrance of the Garden of 781s

Eden. He set up those cherubim to guard against Adam and Eve having access to the tree of life. 790s

So, the cherubim are used as a guard, as a guard. So, then if we go to Isaiah, which if you open to 798s

the middle of your Bibles, you'll find the Psalms and then you go a little bit to the right 806s

and you're going to come to Isaiah, um, while you're going to see Proverbs and Ecclesiastes, 810s

wait, Ecclesiastes, I think, Song of Solomon. And then you're going to find Isaiah. We're going to go to 817s

Isaiah 37, Isaiah 37. And we're going to go to, um, we're going to go, let's start in verse 15. 821s

We're going to read 15 and 16. And Hezekiah prayed to the Lord saying, oh Lord of hosts, God of 835s

Israel, who are enthroned above the cherubim, you are God, you alone of all the kingdoms of the 842s

earth, you have made heaven and earth. So, again, we see those cherubim in line with God's, uh, 848s

God's position as, as on the throne, as Almighty, um, the cherubim serve in some sort of protective 855s

or guarding way. And again, you know, is it, is it that that the cherubim are guarding man from 864s

God or God from man? I think about even the cherubim at, at the, at, at Genesis, um, at the garden of Eden, 874s

you know, they're there to protect from Adam and Eve being able to eat from the tree of life. 883s

But if you think about it, that is actually very grace-filled because if they eat from the tree 889s

of life and they live forever, the state of their eternity is as a sinner. And so the cherubim 896s

are guarding them from the eternity of living as sinners. Instead, we have Christ, which now I'm 905s

kind of jumping ahead of myself, but I think you know this. Um, so, you know, we have, we have Christ 916s

who has, who has opened the way, who has made it so that we don't need to be guarded from the tree 921s

of life, but that were promised to have entrance, um, and eternity not as sinners, but as righteous 929s

through his blood. Um, so I just thought that was really interesting that we have these cherubim, 936s

at, on both the veil and on the mercy seat, um, where God's named dwells, where God is. So, um, so the, 941s

the, the, the arc of the covenant, the mercy seat in particular, that is where, uh, God's throne is 952s

amongst his people. And if we go to Exodus 25, verse 22, we're going to get the function of 960s

the mercy seat given to us, where it says, um, in verse 22, there I will meet with you and from above 971s

the mercy seat from between the two cherubim that are on the arc of the covenant, I will deliver to 979s

you all my commands for the Israelites. So God is saying that he is going to meet with Moses, he's 985s

going to meet the Israelite people from this mercy seat from between the two cherubim. 994s

Now, the arc itself, this is kind of interesting, um, there's a little bit of debate as to what is 1003s

in the arc, but I think I like, uh, one particular, um, one particular thought best. So, um, so within 1011s

the arc, a couple of things were held. Um, if we are, let's see here, if we go, if we're staying in 1020s

Exodus 25 and just go back to, um, to verse 16, it says, you shall put into the arc of the covenant, 1026s

uh, you shall put into the arc, the covenant that I shall give you. So, in the arc is the covenant, 1035s

what is, what is the covenant? The commandments, absolutely, that's that promise that, that the people 1042s

would live by his law and he would be there, God, right? Um, so the 10 commandments are in that 1048s

arc of the covenant. In Exodus, um, so this is where the debate is, some, some scholars say, um, 1057s

that there's also mana and Jesse's rod in, or not Jesse's rod, Aaron's rod, sorry, in the arc. 1064s

So let's go to Exodus 16. We just have to go back a couple of, a couple of pages here. Exodus 16, 1074s

and we're going to go to verses 33 through 34. So they have just come out, um, 1083s

uh, out from Egypt, they're, they're beginning, they're wandering, um, they have the mana and the 1091s

quail and, um, as the Lord commanded, uh, wait, 33, sorry about that, uh, and Moses said to Aaron, 1099s

take a jar and put an omer of mana in it and place it before the Lord to be kept throughout your 1107s

generations as the Lord commanded Moses. So Aaron placed it before the covenant for safe keeping. 1113s

So this is prior to the arc being built, but they know, like we know that there was a, a jar filled 1119s

with this miraculous mana and it's to be kept before, before, um, before the covenant. Then if we 1127s

go to numbers, numbers, so we're going to just keep on going to the right, you're going to pass 1137s

Leviticus and then you'll find yourself in numbers. Number 17, number 17, and we're going to read 1142s

verses 10 and 11. And the Lord said to Moses, put back the staff of Aaron before the covenant, 1150s

to be kept as a warning to rebels so that you may make an end of their complaints against me 1157s

or else they will die. Moses did so just as the Lord commanded so he did. So, so there is a debate 1162s

as to whether the mana and the, uh, the staff are in the covenant or in the arc or if they are 1171s

laid before. So they're in the holy of holies. Um, so I think that makes sense, especially since 1179s

scripture is very clear that and only, and what is it in first kings, I believe it says that, uh, 1190s

that only the only the tablets are in the arc. Um, but scripture also says that the mana and the 1198s

staff are to be laid before the Lord and so that, that makes sense, um, that makes sense. So, 1208s

now we're going to talk about, we're going to go back to this, the priest that has done all of this 1220s

and we have the high priest and the high priest is the only one remember that can pass into the 1225s

holy of holies once a year, once a year. So in the most holy place, the priest was in here, 1231s

the priest. So there was the order of priests that would be, that would be tending to this and the 1242s

priests would be in here, um, making sure that the, the lamp was trimmed and burning, making sure that 1248s

the bread gets changed out, making sure that the incense is always burning once a year. The high 1255s

priest would go into the holy of holies. Now this is kind of interesting, the high priest's clothing. 1261s

Um, the high priest had a breastplate with 12 stones representing the 12 tribes of Israel. So, 1269s

he would also have, uh, have the, the umin and the umin, and that is, that is to be, uh, representative 1284s

of according to God's will. Um, and then there were bells on the bottom of the garment, uh, and the 1292s

bells would help the people outside know because the high priest would enter in here. 1300s

And if he did not come out, if he died in there, it meant that, that what he's doing in here was 1308s

not accepted by the, by the Lord, by God. We're going to talk about what he was doing in here. Um, 1315s

if he did come out, it, it meant that, that the forgiveness was granted. Um, so, so no one could go 1320s

in here except for the high priest and, and they could hear him moving. They could hear him doing 1327s

what he needed to do with those bells. Um, okay, so, so once a year, rights were performed to 1332s

cleanse Yalway's people of their uncleanness. This included the scapegoat and the kipper ceremony, 1342s

which we would know that as Yom Kapoor. It's the day of atonement. So, if we go to Leviticus, 1351s

chapter 16, this is right between numbers and Exodus. So, you're going to turn back a little bit. 1358s

So, we've got the, the day of atonement. And we're going to go ahead and read. Um, so, okay, 1368s

so we're going to read, uh, Aaron, the high priest, would come into the sanctuary. Um, he would 1376s

offer a bowl for a sin offering for himself. He was making atonement for himself. And then, and for 1383s

his house, then we're going to pick up in verse seven. He shall take the two goats and set them 1391s

before the Lord at the entrance of the tent of meeting. So, he's, he's got two, two goats here, 1397s

or two goats here. And Aaron shall cast lots on the two goats, one lot for the Lord and the other 1404s

lot for Azazel. Aaron shall present the goat on which the lot fell for the Lord and offer it as a 1410s

sin offering. But the goat on which the lot fell for Azazel should be presented alive before the 1416s

Lord to make atonement over it. That it may be sent away into the wilderness to Azazel. Aaron shall 1422s

present the bowl as a sin offering for himself and shall make atonement for himself and for his 1428s

house. He shall slaughter the bowl as a sin offering for himself. He shall take a sensor full of 1433s

coal and of fire from the altar before the Lord and two handfuls of crushed sweet incense. 1439s

And he shall bring it inside the curtain and put the incense on the fire before the Lord 1445s

that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat. That is, that is upon the covenant or he will 1450s

die. So, he has to put this incense and this sin offering on the mercy seat that it would, that it 1456s

is going to take some of the blood of the bowl and sprinkle it with his finger on the front of the 1469s

mercy seat. So, he is making this blood sacrifice on the mercy seat. And before the mercy seat, he shall 1473s

sprinkle the blood with his finger seven times. We continue. He shall slaughter the goat of the sin 1482s

offering that is for the people and bring its blood inside the curtain and do with its blood as he 1489s

did with the blood of the bowl sprinkling it upon the mercy seat and before the mercy seat. 1494s

So, he has one goat has been set free. That's the scapegoat, right? And then we've got this goat that 1500s

is going to atone the sacrifice that's going to atone for the Israelites. So, he has sprinkled the 1509s

bowl, his offering, his sin offering upon the mercy seat, before the mercy seat for himself and for 1518s

his family. He does that first. Remember, just like he has to wash himself before entering, he has 1525s

to be pure. He has to make a purification sacrifice for himself before he contend to the sacrificial 1532s

needs of the Israelites people. Then he kills or slaughters the goat and does exactly the same thing, 1541s

making atonement, placing the sins of the people upon the mercy seat asking for forgiveness, 1550s

placing it before him. So, the young Kapoor, that is that day of atonement once a year, 1559s

where then the priest is making atonement, making sacrifice for all of the Israelites people. 1565s

The blood of the sacrificial animals was applied to the temple, sprinkled on the ark's mercy seat, 1573s

and the purpose was to remove the pollution of man's sin in God's dwelling place. 1580s

So, the whole purpose of this was to make them atonement for for the whole year, the year of their 1587s

sinning. While they did do sacrifices and offerings outside of the holy of holies, all the time, 1598s

this was the big one. This was the one where their their sins, they were told, those are forgiven 1610s

sins. The high priest stood before the ark of the covenant, sprinkling blood on the mercy seat as 1618s

a confession of the sins of the people. The relationship between God and his people was restored. 1625s

Now, I want to go back to this veil. So, we get the base idea of what's going on in the tabernacle. 1632s

So, how does all of this point us to Jesus? Well, first let's talk about that veil. 1639s

This is one of those scripture readings that you kind of goose bump. When you read it, let's go 1646s

over to Mark. We're going to go to Mark 15. Mark 15. And so, this is after Jesus stood trial before 1652s

Pilate. This is after he has been condemned to be crucified. This is when he is hanging on the cross. 1662s

It's it's noon. Darkness comes over the whole land. At three o'clock, Jesus cries out, why have you 1674s

shaken me? Then we come down to verse 37. Then Jesus gave a loud cry and breathed his last. 1683s

And the curtain of the temple was torn into from top to bottom. That in and of itself is miraculous. 1692s

This one piece, this one piece of veil, if any of you and I know some of you so, if you're going to 1702s

tear something, you have to, you know, you cut a little snippet and then you tear it. And if you 1711s

were tearing the veil, you would have to, because it's it's high up, you'd have to tear it from the 1716s

bottom. But that didn't happen. The veil tore from the top to the bottom when Jesus died. That means, 1721s

and it was in the temple, not in the tabernacle like this, but it was, this is the design of that. 1733s

That means that it was no longer one person who could come in here. It was no longer up to the 1739s

high priest who was set by the little, the biblical order. This veil no longer separated God from man. 1749s

Jesus made that veil, null and void. He made it so that it was unnecessary to have, to have a split 1760s

a barrier between God and man. Let's go over to Hebrews. We're going to go to Hebrews chapter 7. 1773s

Hebrews chapter 7. This is in the New Testament. Go, go past Paul's letters and after Paul's final 1784s

letter, Philemon, you're going to find Hebrews. We're going to go to Hebrews 7 verses 26 through 27, 1794s

or 28. I will say it is really hard not to just stand here and read through 7, 8, 9, and 10, but we're 1805s

not going to a little bit, but not only. Okay, so Hebrews 7 verse 26, where am I? And this is 1814s

talking about the high priest. For it was fitting that we should have such a high priest, holy, 1826s

blameless, undefiled, separated from sinners and exalted above the heavens. Unlike the other 1831s

high priests, he has no need to offer sacrifices day after day, first for his own sins, and then for 1837s

those of the people. This he did once for all when he offered himself. For the law appoints as high 1844s

priests, those who are subject to weakness. But the word of the oath, which came later than the law, 1852s

appoints a son who has been made perfect forever. So we talk about Jesus being the high priest. 1858s

And he didn't have to offer any sacrifices for him or his family. He was perfectly blameless. 1866s

Every high priest until that point had to offer or make a tonement for his own sins because every 1875s

high priest was born with the nature of man. Every high priest until Jesus Christ was born a sinner. 1883s

And so he could not not make sacrifice the high priest. And then Jesus, Jesus is born, raised, 1895s

dies on the cross, is raised from the dead. And he is the high priest who doesn't have any sin. 1908s

But then he also makes that one blood sacrifice for all. So the other high priests had to do this, 1916s

had to make sacrifices here day after day after day, had to go in and make sacrifices in the holy 1924s

of holies that day of atonement every single year, year after year after year because it was never 1930s

enough. There is never enough that man could or can do to a tone for sin. So Christ is the high priest, 1938s

the law, the law appoints a high priest. But those high priests are weak, as Hebrews says, 1951s

those high priests are under the curse of sin. Christ who comes is the perfect high priest. Let's go 1959s

over to Hebrews 10. And we're going to read about the sacrifice once for all. So Hebrews 10, and we 1967s

are going to read quite a few verses here, but as I was preparing this, I just couldn't cut anything 1979s

out. So it's just incredible. So beginning in verse 1, since the law has only a shadow of the good 1987s

things to come and not the true form of these realities, it can never by the same sacrifices that 1996s

are continually offered year after year make perfect those who approach. So again, it's just a shadow. 2002s

This is pointing us to the perfect sacrifice. This, this right, this ceremony is pointing us to the 2011s

perfect sacrifice that would be made by Christ. Continuing in verse 2, otherwise would they not have 2021s

ceased being offered since the worshipers cleansed once for all would no longer have any consciousness 2030s

of sin. But in these sacrifices, there is a reminder of sin year after year for it is impossible for 2035s

the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins. Consequently, when Christ came into the world, he said, 2042s

sacrifices and offerings you have not desired, but a body you have prepared for me. In burnt offerings 2048s

and sin offerings, you have taken no pleasure. Then I said, see, God, I have come to do your will, 2054s

oh God, in the scroll of the book, it is written of me. So we see this in several places in scripture 2061s

where the Lord says the burnt offerings, the sacrifices, it's nothing. Psalm 51, absolutely just 2071s

spot on where God says, or David writes, that you know, burnt offerings and sacrifices, 2081s

sacrifices you have not desired, but it is a broken and contrite heart. It is that confession, 2089s

that repentance that we come to with the Lord or to the Lord through the blood of Jesus and ask 2096s

for forgiveness that we are promised that our sins are forgiven. Let's go down to verse 11. 2104s

Every priest stands day after day at his service, offering again and again the same sacrifices that 2118s

can never take away sins. But when Christ had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, 2124s

he sat down at the right hand of God and since then has been waiting until his enemies would be made 2131s

a footstool for his feet. For by a single offering he has perfected for all time those who are sanctified. 2137s

And the Holy Spirit also testifies to us for after saying, this is the covenant that I will make with 2144s

them. After those days says the Lord, I will put my laws in their hearts and I will write them on 2152s

their minds. He also adds, I will remember their sins and their lawless deeds no more, where there 2157s

is forgiveness of these, there is no longer any offering for sin. Jesus is the high priest. Jesus 2163s

sacrifice that tore the veil, opening the holy of holies, also opened to us the holy priesthood. 2173s

So that we do not need a mediator between us and God, but God himself in the second person of 2185s

the Trinity is our mediator, is the one through whom we can approach the throne of God. We can 2193s

approach the mercy seat, the throne where God dwells because God himself has opened the way for us. 2202s

And this is why, this is why we want everyone to know the good news. We think and it's really easy 2212s

to think and we put up this veil for ourselves all the time. And we think that God is still 2226s

inaccessible, but that is not the case. God is accessible. And he is more than accessible. He is, 2235s

he has torn this open himself. He has opened up the way to approach his throne, to approach the 2245s

presence for you. So if nothing else from this study of the tabernacle, I think that we all 2254s

learned some interesting things and some interesting symbolism and and and pointing to the grace of 2265s

God, but if nothing else, if nothing else, I really want for you to walk away from this entire 2274s

study that we've done knowing that this veil is torn, that you have complete and full access to 2281s

the Lord, to his grace, to his mercy, and not to make another sacrifice, another offering, 2290s

because that has been done for you. So I hope that this has been an uplifting study for you and 2298s

and that you dive in. 2307s