Tabernacle Lesson 6 The Third Covering "Our fathers had the
tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as he had appointed speaking unto
Moses that he should make it according to the fashion that he had seen."
Acts 7:44
(Exodus 26:14 And thou shalt make a covering for the tent of rams'
skins dyed red, and a covering above of badgers' skins.)
1.
The
third covering to be placed over the tent, the Tabernacle, is made of skins.
to question 1.
2. The third covering is
. Clarke's Commentary
to question 2.
3. Blue is symbolic of heaven;
the blue covering is symbolic of Jesus coming from
( John 3:31 He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the
earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that cometh from heaven is
above all.); of Jesus ascending to (Luke 24:51 And
it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up
into heaven.)
to question 3.
4. A person standing under the
Tabernacle would see the four colors of Blue, Red, White, and Purple which is
symbolic of , and would see the
first covering black in color hanging over the two sides about 18 inches,
symbolic of our placed on
Jesus. Then a person would see ram's skin dyed red below the black goat's
hair, symbolic of the of Jesus
covering our sins. Then a person would see the blue badger's skin below the
ram's skin dyed red, symbolic of the ascension of Jesus to .
to question 4.
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about the Tabernacle
The Tabernacle is a witness of Jesus.
Every thing in the Tabernacle complex centers around the Tabernacle
"Tent", which is symbolic of Jesus. This lesson is about the
third of three coverings that is to be placed over the "Tent" and
it's symbolic meaning. 
"Few terms have afforded greater perplexity to critics and commentators
than this. Bochart has exhausted the subject, and seems to have proved
that no kind of animal is here intended, but a color. The color contended
for by Bochart is the hysginus, which is a very deep blue." Clarke's
Commentary, Abingdon Press, Nashville
Every time a person looked up under the Tabernacle they saw the gospel story of
how Jesus would bear our sins on the cross. 