As you prepare to enter the holy place, having been washed, dressed, anointed, and consecrated, you must remember that Jesus is “the Way, the Truth, and the Life, and no one comes to the Father except through Him”. You must remember that you came into the outer court through the gate of His finished work. He became the way for you to see your true reflection in the brazen laver and to sacrifice your will on the brazen altar. Now at the door of the tabernacle, you are about to enter the realm of intercession. You have come into a deeper walk with the Lord under the new anointing He has poured upon your life.
But as I said earlier, at this new level you must approach the Father by way of Jesus Christ. The door has the same four colors that were in the gate: white, blue, purple and scarlet. But now, they have taken on a deeper meaning. Let’s see how this applies in your daily walk. According to 1 Corinthians 1:30 and Revelation 19:7-8, the white, fine-twined linen speaks of the Lord, who has become your righteousness. His righteousness can now be clearly seen in you by others. It is the foundation and assurance of victory for every burden you receive from God in Prayer. Blue (turquoise), the color of heaven, speaks of Jesus as the second man, the Lord from Heaven. He was revealed to you at the gate, and now He’s being manifested in you daily as the living Word. When people see you standing at the door of the tabernacle, they will begin to see the kingdom and will of God being validated in the earth through you.
Purple is the color of kingship which means you can be clearly identified as an ambassador of the royal family of Jesus Christ. When people see you in the natural, they see you beyond your title, gender or nationality, all the way to your biblical roots. Principalities and powers in the Spirit realm will also begin to recognize your heritage and bow to your royal lineage.
The last color is scarlet which speaks of a sacrificial blood that Jesus shed for you to be saved and come into a deeper relationship with Him. It also signifies that the battle has already been fought and won for you in the Spirit realm. Now as you begin to make intercession, fully clothed in your priestly garments, you will be able to experience the blood of Jesus going before you and setting the captives free.
In the Holy place, the realm of total truth, God requires that the grace of His Son be made manifest in you. Why? This door, the first veil of the tabernacle was not merely an entrance to an enclosed space. This door shut out common (natural) men. Most importantly, it was the only passageway that led to the manifest presence of God on the threshing floor.
Are you ready to enter His marvelous light? Eternal light is your final destination. Now you must walk knowing that you have come out of the outer court where the light is only temporary. As an intercessor, the works of Christ must progressively be revealed in and through you. You can never go back. As you prepare to enter the holy place, know that you will begin to operate in the supernatural light as you learn to pick up the burden of the Lord. Remember, God hasn’t called you into the marvelous light just for you to sit there and gaze or to be afraid on this new level and run back to the comfort zone of the outer court. There is a divine purpose for you and grace to meet every need just beyond that door.
There are two reasons why priests entered the holy place. The first was to perform the service of the Lord. In performing the temple service, they made sure to replace the shewbread regularly which represented the Word of God. They kept the menorah filled with olive oil which represented the light of the Lord and the oil of the anointing. They also kept a constant fire burning on the altar of incense representing the place of worship and total surrender, ensuring that the glory of the Lord was maintained in that whole area.
The second reason they entered was to lay prostrate before God in prayer. Both purposes speak of a higher degree of separation and devotion to God. The golden altar represents a place, time, and position in prayer where you are separated from everybody else. Once you have gone through all the stages of altar – you will be able to experience the oil of the anointing. The Word of the Lord will become alive to you at the golden altar and true worship will begin to rise out of your spirit.
This is your place of separation. This is also why prayer can be practiced anywhere. This is how we know that we are on our way to the threshing floor because separation is the heart of the threshing process. To thresh means “to separate grain or seeds from straw by beating the stems and husks”. The divine threshing process actually begins when you enter the gate to the outer court in prayer. Then the process of personal repentance in the outer court separates you from a life of sin into a life of obedience to God. Now that you have moved into the holy place, the separation continues as you begin to live within His purpose. Each piece of the tabernacle furniture deepens your intercessory experience.
The furniture inside the holy place was positioned with the table of shewbread to the north, the golden candlestick to the south, and the golden altar of incense to the west of the outer elements.
(Teachings from Juanita Bynum)
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