The Court of the Tabernacle

Hangings of fine twined linen enclosed this court (Ex. 27:9-19). In the order in which these things are revealed to us, the court made the third division of the tabernacle. First came the “holy of holies” — the innermost room — next the “holy place,” and now “the court.” It was one hundred cubits long and fifty cubits broad. There were twenty pillars on each side, and ten on each end. The east end, at which the entrance was placed, had three pillars on each side of the gate, and four for the gate — sixty pillars in all. On fifty-six of these pillars were hangings of fine twined linen, and on the four for the gate, the hangings were the same as those for the door. That which enclosed this sanctuary of God would thus speak of the purity of Christ. And the bright and beautiful hangings of the gate would convey the thought that all who would approach must draw near in the sense of what was becoming to God. He had provided but one entrance, and that of such character as to speak of the glories and beauties of Christ. Many seek to climb up some other way rather than by entering through Christ, the Door that God has opened for those who will to enter. But such will never enter the courts above; they will fall back, baffled in their useless attempts. Over the gate which entered the court might be written, “I am the way”; over the door into the holy place, “I am the door”; over the veil which led to “the holiest,” “the new and living way.” The very common expression that all denominations are but different ways to heaven, will not stand the test of Scripture, for Jesus says, “I am the way... no man cometh unto the Father, but by Me” (John 14:6).
An ecclesiastical position, whether right or wrong, can never be a way to heaven. Christ is the way. God will have no entrance but through His Son. This is typified in the one entrance to the tabernacle.