Here's the title of my message
tonight. The Tabernacle Fence, Christ Our Mediator. The Tabernacle
Fence, Christ Our Mediator. Turn with me to Exodus chapter
27. We'll begin at verse 9. This is where the Lord God gave
Moses his instructions about the making of the Tabernacle
Fence. Now let's read these instructions God gave to Moses, and then I
will, if God the Holy Spirit will enable me, give you the
message of the tabernacle fence. In the first part of this chapter,
we see Christ Jesus portrayed and typified for us in the brazen
altar that represented him in the worship of the Old Testament.
Here we see Christ represented as our mediator in this fence
that surrounded the tabernacle. You can see it right there on
that model, or if you have a map or illustration in the back of
your Bible, you can look at it there. Begin in verse 9, Exodus
27. And thou shalt make the court
of the tabernacle. For the south side southward,
there shall be hangings for the court. of fine twined linen and
hundred cubits long for one side. The tabernacle court was about
about 175 feet long. We really don't know for sure
what a cubit represented. It was measured somewhere between
18 and 20 to 22 inches. It's generally thought to be
from the length of your elbow to the end of your middle finger,
but that measure is different for different fellows. But it's
about 175 feet long and about 75 feet wide, maybe 85 feet wide. But what a small, small enclosure
that was for the whole of the people in the world who worship
God. Now I'm not looking for something
to say, I'm wanting that to register. The whole world in the whole world. Everybody
who worshiped God in Moses' day worshiped God in a building not
much bigger than this one right here. Now that's astounding. It is
as if the Lord shows us by this very court of the tabernacle
that God's people in this world are few among many. A remnant
they're spoken of according to the election of grace. When the
Lord Jesus got done preaching one day, one of his disciples
asked him, he said, Master, are there few that be saved? Now, let me tell you something.
Let me tell you something. I listen to folks talk and yak
a lot about religion. Either there are a whole lot
less people in this world who are saved than most folks think
there are. Or there are a whole lot more
than I think there are. Based on what this book says. I'm not
basing that on my feelings. And I'm not basing that on what
I want to be. I'm basing that on what I know
this book teaches. Our Lord Jesus said, when the
Son of Man cometh, will he find faith on the earth? In Noah's
day, God saved eight souls. And there were about as many
living in Noah's day as there are today. I'm just sure of it.
I'm just sure of it. And God saved eight souls. The
fact is, in every age, in the appearance of things amongst
those who live in the world, God's people are always a minority. They always have been, they are
now, and they always will be. Well, what about the moral majority?
I'm talking about God's people. I'm talking about God's people.
Well, that's going to offend somebody I intended it to. I'm
talking about God's people, folks who worship God. Yet having said
that, few as they are, even now, the measure of God's tabernacle,
The Church of God is beyond the calculation of man. Somebody
said, you folks who believe in election said they're just going
to be just a handful saved. Yeah, but it depends on whose
hand you're talking about. There are calculated people,
a numbered people beyond the ability of man to calculate.
Turn to a couple of passages. Hold your hands here. We'll be
right back to Exodus 27. Look at Malachi chapter 1. Malachi
chapter 1, verse 11. While Malachi is a prophecy of
judgment and doom and condemnation to false religion, it is a prophecy
of salvation for God's elect, as is the whole book of God.
Malachi chapter 1, verse 11. The prophet Malachi speaks for
God and says, from the rising of the sun, even to the going
down of the same, that is, from the east to the west, encompassing
the whole earth, my name shall be great among the Gentiles and
in every place. Now, Larry, Chris, that is some
statement. in every place incense shall be offered unto my name
and a pure offering that is God says in every place on the globe
there will be people worshipping me worshipping me in spirit and
in truth For my name shall be great among the heathen, saith
the Lord of hosts. And that's talking about this
gospel age in which we live. The stakes of the tent of God's
tabernacle have been extended beyond Jews and Israel to include
God's elect throughout all the earth. And they're found in every
place, among every nation and people and kindred and tribe
and tongue. Listen to this, Matthew 18, no turn there and look at
it, Matthew 18, 20. You can quote it but I want you to look at
it. Matthew 18, 20. The Lord Jesus makes this statement, where two or three are gathered
together. Now that doesn't read like this,
where two or three gather together. That's not what it says. It says
where two or three are gathered together. Gathered together in
my name. God gathers his people to worship
him. When we come to the house of
God, we ought to come seeking to worship him. We ought to come
seeking his honor, seeking his glory. We ought to come with
hearts burning for him. But it doesn't happen unless
God gathers us in the name of our Redeemer. And he says here
where two or three are gathered together. Gathered by God's spirit,
gathered by God's hand, gathered by God's grace, gathered by God's
providence. Where there are two or three
gathered together. Doesn't matter whether they're gathered together
in my name, in a building like this, or gathered together in
a hut in Africa, are gathered together in one of the pueblos
down in Mexico are gathered together in your living room Brother Phil
Simpson used to meet worship in his living room down in Boca
Raton, Florida first time I met you I was down there preaching
in your living room doesn't matter that didn't matter wherever two
or three are in God's providence gathered together in my name
Trust in Christ for his honor for his glory There I am there
not might be I am Every time every time. All right now back
to Exodus chapter 27 The hangings of the court a fine
twined linen formed the fence around this tabernacle Let's
begin at verse 10 again and the 20 pillars thereof and their
20 sockets shall be of brass and The hooks of the pillars
and their fillets shall be of silver. I'm not misreading that. I know the difference between
fillet and fillet. This is fillet. The fillets shall be of silver.
And likewise, for the north side in length, there shall be hangings
of 100 cubits long. And his cubits, now his 20 pillars
and their 20 sockets of brass, the hooks of the pillars and
their fillets of silver, verse 12. And for the breadth of the
court on the west side shall be hangings of 50 cubits, their
pillars 10 and their sockets 10. And the breadth of the court
on the east side, eastward shall be 50 cubits. The hangings of
the one side of the gate shall be 15 cubits, their pillars three
and their sockets three. And on the other side shall be
hanging 15 cubits, their pillars three and their sockets three.
And for the gate of the court shall be in hanging of 20 cubits
of blue and purple and scarlet and fine twined linen wrought
with needlework and their pillars shall be four and their sockets
four. All the pillars round about the
court shall be filleted with silver. Their hooks shall be
of silver and their sockets of brass. The length of the court
shall be 100 cubits and the breadth 50 everywhere. And the height,
five cubits of fine twine linen and their sockets of brass. All
the vessels of the tabernacle in all the service thereof and
all the pins thereof and all the pins of the court shall be
a brass. And thou shalt command the children
of Israel that they bring the pure oil olive beaten for the
light to cause the lamp to burn always. in the tabernacle of
the congregation without the veil, which is before the testimony,
Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to morning before
the Lord. It shall be a statute forever
unto their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel. Now, let's start at the end.
The pure oil olive Beaten for light is typical of God the Holy
Spirit and all the graces and gifts and operations he bestows
upon his church. None but the Spirit of God can
enlighten the darkened minds of poor, blind, lost sinners. He and He alone gives us the
light of the knowledge of the glory of God shining in the face
of Jesus Christ. He alone can take the things
of Christ, that is, the things written in Scripture, and show
them to us. Turn to Zechariah chapter 4.
You see a similar vision described in a slightly different way.
Zechariah is speaking here of the golden candlestick, but he
speaks of it in a slightly different way using this pure olive oil
beaten. Zechariah chapter four, verse
11. Then answered I and said unto
him, what are these two olive trees upon the right side of
the candlestick and upon the left thereof? And I answered
again and said unto him, what be these two olive branches which
through the two golden pipes emptied the golden oil out of
themselves. It is by God the Holy Spirit
that God's servants are called and gifted to their work And
it is by God, the Holy Spirit, that God's servants perform their
work by this pure oil olive, their lips as golden pipes, emptying
out the oil of the olive, preserve the knowledge of the grace and
glory of God from generation to generation. The oil olive
beaten signifies the labor which goes into the work of preaching
the gospel, the labor of the gospel ministry. The work of
the priest is described in verse 21. They were required Aaron
and his sons to order everything in the worship of God continually
from evening until morning. Wonder why he didn't say from
morning until evening. Because the Lord God would have
us to understand that in darkness as in light, in those times when
all things shine brightly, so in those times when it appears
that God eclipses the light of the Son of Righteousness. His
servants continually labor in the Word, ordering the worship
of God. You see, God will be worshipped
orderly, or God won't be worshipped. He will be worshipped in the
due order. You remember what David said
caused the breach when Uzzah was slain, when he was bringing
the ark of God up out of Obed-Edom? And Uzzah reached out to steady
the ark and God killed him. David took it as an affront and
he took this ark and set it aside and he thought on this thing
for three months. And he said, the Lord made a breach on us
because we sought him not after the due order. We attempted to
worship him as we would. We attempted to worship Him in
accordance to our own dictates. We attempted to worship Him as
we thought good in our eyes, and God won't be worshipped that
way. He'll be worshipped exactly as He requires in His Word, worshipped
in spirit and in truth and worshipped in due order. And it is the responsibility
of every faithful pastor It is the responsibility of every faithful
pastor to rule the house of God as it is the responsibility of
every faithful husband to rule his house. Not by his whims,
not by the force of his will, not by the imposition of his
will, but by the word of God. I often hear folks make statements
when I'm around. They don't usually say it to
me. Well, Brother Don says church is not going to do this, not
going to do that. They are going to do this, are going to do that.
He don't have much to do with that. I don't hear that from
you. I hear it when I'm at other places. Well, if I'm a pastor,
I ain't going to tolerate, I will not tolerate, I will not endure
that we practice those things that are contrary to this word.
If I did, then I'm a harling to you and not God's messenger
to you. Is that right? It's exactly right. Exactly right. Aaron and his
sons are required to order the worship of God because the worship
established by God and the ordering of this worship is on the behalf
of the children of Israel. This is for your sakes. You see
these pillars. We're told that there were 60 of them. Count them up. 20 on each side. 10 on each end. 60 pillars. If you turn to Revelation
3, verse 12, you don't have to guess what the pillars represent.
The Lord God said, I'll make you a pillar in my father's house. I'll make you pillars in my father's
house. These pillars stand in this white fence of linen cloth
around the tabernacle. The whole structure enclosed
by this white linen fence hung with these 60 pillars so that
you can't have the fence without the pillars and you can't have
the pillars without the fence. They stand together or they fall
together. because this represents Christ
our Mediator and all the accomplishments of Christ our Mediator. It shows
us the salvation of God's elect by the doing and dying of one
man, Jesus Christ the Lord. We are God's pillars in his house. Remember, throughout the scriptures,
God's elect the children of Israel, the Israel of God, the Church
of God is represented by the number 12 and multiples of 12. There stands the whole of God's
elect in these pillars that surround the tabernacle, standing in the
fence, the white linen fence, Christ Jesus, the Lord. The four
pillars of the eastern end facing the rising sun formed the gate
of entrance into the tabernacle. We may look at that again in
a few weeks. The tabernacle was designated as the dwelling place
of God. The camp outside the fence is
designated as the dwelling place of God's people, Israel. And
the fence stands between the people and God, stands between
God's dwelling place and our dwelling place. It is that which
is the go between. It is that through which alone
we can come to God and God come to us. That's Christ, our mediator. That's the first thing. The mediator
is Christ Jesus represented in this linen fence. Linen is made
from the fibers of the flax plants. It's an earthly thing. It's an
earthly thing. This linen is used in scripture
to represent righteousness. Revelation 19.8 The saints of
God are clothed in fine linen garments, clean and white, and
they are called the righteousnesses of the saints. This righteousness
then, represented in the linen garments, is represented in this
linen fence. The linen fence standing between
God and man speaks of the perfect humanity of Jesus Christ, our
Redeemer, as the God-man, our mediator. You see, salvation
is God's work. But salvation is God's work performed
by a man who is himself God. It is God's work accomplished
by a righteousness performed in the earth, the righteousness
of God that's in Christ Jesus the Lord. Now, a mediator. A mediator is one who takes an
official place between two offended parties. He takes placed between
the two to make reconciliation. And the way he makes reconciliation,
reconciles this party to this party, is he brings something
to each that will satisfy both and bring them together. That's
how Christ, our mediator, is portrayed in the scriptures.
Hold your hands here in Exodus 27. Again, turn to Hebrews chapter
eight. You're very familiar with First
Timothy chapter two, verse five. There is one God and one mediator
between God and men, not between God and man. Had Paul said, had
the spirit of God moved Paul to say one mediator between God
and man singular, man would represent all men. But there is one mediator
between God and specific men, between God and chosen men, between
God and elect men, between God and those men whom God has determined
to save. One mediator between God and
men, the man, Christ Jesus. Hebrews chapter 8, verse 6. But
now, Paul begins the chapter saying the things we've heard,
this is the sum. This is what I've been getting at. This is
the essence of everything that's been written up to this time.
But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry by how much
also he is the mediator of a better covenant. What better covenant? Better than the one he had with
Adam? Better than the one he had with Abraham? Better than
what he had with Noah. Better than what he had with
Enoch. Better than what he had with Moses. Better than what
he had with David. A better covenant. Better than all the covenants
represented in the Old Testament. Better than the old covenant.
Better than the covenant of the law. A better covenant. A covenant
of pure free grace. A better covenant. It's established
on better promises. Better promises. Remember how
the promises ran in the Old Testament? If you do, then I will. If you
do, then I will. You do, and I'll bless. You don't,
I'll curse. You do, I'll give. You don't,
I'll take away. Boy, that ain't much of a promise.
That just ain't much of a promise, because you can't. You can't. What are you going
to do to win God's favor? What are you going to do to get
God's approval? There's no promise to that. Oh,
but the gospel promise runs like this. My people shall be willing in
the day of my power. I will and they shall. That are promises. Promises that
are in no way hinged on you. Promises that are in no way determined
by you. Promises that cannot be kept
and cannot be broken by you. Promises that God made of his
own being for his own glory, for the benefit of his people.
Look at Hebrews 12 verse 24. The Holy Spirit here tells us
how we have come to the church, the true church, the church above,
in the worship of God, to Mount Zion, not to Mount Sinai. He
says, and to Jesus, the mediator of the new covenant, and to the
blood of sprinkling, the sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ
that speaketh better things than that of Abel. All right, now,
look at the pillars with their brass bottoms. The tops of the
pillars were of silver. The fillets and their hooks,
those things on the top of those pillars standing in the fence.
The bottoms were made of brass. The bases were brass. Now you'll
remember in the inner court around the Holy of Holies, the bases,
the sockets were of silver. Here it's just reversed. The
bases are brass. The sockets, the top part, is
of silver. The brass represents the righteousness
of Christ, our mediator, established by that God-man mediator while
he walked on the earth. Brass is a composition that will
withstand intense heat. The altar. with its grate and
fire was made of brass. It's made of shitterwood, actually,
completely encased in brass so that the fire would not burn
up the altar, but rather the fire would continually burn on
the altar. The fire being constantly against
the brass suggests that the brass represents something, something
that is able to endure the fire of God's wrath. The furious fire
of divine justice, the fire of God's indignation. Fire throughout
the scripture is spoken of as a symbol of judgment. God's coming
in fire. He's going to burn the world
with fire. The wood, hay and stubble shall be burned with
fire. Fire speaks of judgment. What is able to withstand the
fire. Nahum the prophet asked, who
can stand before his indignation? Who can abide the fierceness
of his anger? His fury is poured out like fire. Who can stand? What can endure
the fire? Just one thing. Just one thing
can endure the fury of God's holy wrath, righteousness. perfect righteousness. Let's
see if that's what the book teaches. Isaiah chapter 63. Isaiah chapter 63. As we see these types in the
scriptures, it is useless for you to come here and listen to
me tell you what I think they mean. It's useless. That's of
no benefit. What do they mean? That's a benefit.
What does God intend for us to understand by them? What's representative? What can endure the fire of divine
judgment? Isaiah 63, verse one. Who is
this that cometh from Edom? From the cursed people. With
dyed garments from Basra. This that is glorious in his
apparel, traveling in the greatness of his strength. I that speak
in righteousness mighty to save wherefore art thou read in thine
apparel and thy garments like him that treadeth in the wine
fat I've trodden the wine press alone the wine press of the fierceness
of the wrath of God almighty and of the people there was none
with me for I will tread them in mine anger and trample them
in my fury and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments,
and I will stain all my raiment. For the day of vengeance is in
my heart. What? The day of vengeance is
in the heart of the son of God as he endures the wrath of God
as our substitute? Oh, yes. The day of vengeance
is in my heart. Read what it means by that. And the year of my redeemed is
come. The day of vengeance when I redeemed. And I looked and there was none
to help. And I wondered that there was
none to uphold. Therefore, mine own arm brought salvation to
me. And my fury, it upheld me. Turn back to chapter 59, Isaiah
59, verse 16. Look at it again. What will endure
the fire of God's wrath? He saw that there was no man
and wondered that there was no intercessor. Therefore, his arm
brought salvation unto him and his. Righteousness, it sustained
him. His righteousness, it sustained
Him. Was the Lord Jesus made to suffer
all the fury of God's holy wrath? Indeed He was. But His righteousness
sustained Him. So that when He died at last,
He did not die as one who was conquered, but as one who had
conquered. He did not die as one who was
put to death, but as one who gave His life. Because His righteousness,
it sustained Him. Man's righteousness is obnoxious
to God. Obnoxious to God. What we call righteous works. I hear men talking
about their righteous works. When I don't want to spit, I
want to laugh. Righteous works. Filthy rags. That's what every
good thing that Skip Gladfeld and Don Fortner think they do
is filthy rags. Filthy rags. Our praying, our
giving, our reading, our church attendance, our missionary work,
our evangelism, whatever it is. If you do it, it's filthy and
it's obnoxious and God can't touch it. He won't have it. He
won't have it. But God demands righteousness.
Righteousness of infinite worth and righteousness made by a man
on the earth. Righteousness that comes from
the flax plant fiber of fallen humanity. Righteousness that
comes by a man unaffected by that fall. The virgin born son
of God, Jesus Christ, the Lord. That's what the linen garments
or the linen fence represents. Righteousness accomplished and
brought in by Jesus Christ, our Redeemer. That righteousness
has endured the fire of God's judgment. When the Holy Spirit
comes in conviction. He convinces sinners. He convinces
sinners. Now, I hear folks talk about,
you know, how they got saved doing this, that, and other thing,
how they got saved didn't know this, that, and other thing.
I didn't know anything when I got saved. If you didn't know anything,
you didn't get saved. That's just all there is to it.
What do you know? When he, the spirit of truth,
has come, he will convince the world of sin, your sin, because
they believe not on me. I was reading an article today,
a man trying to find a way to justified denying the gospel,
denying the judgment of God, and he said, he said, surely
a good God wouldn't send men to hell who are good people except
they don't believe. That's the problem of sin, because
you believe not on me. That's the capital offense of
sin. of what you are. You see, your
sin, your sin is not just indifference. Your sin is not just a lack of
doing good before God. Your sin is the enmity of your
vile heart to God Almighty. It's the hatred of man for God. He'll convince the world of sin.
And he'll convince you of righteousness. Of righteousness. Which of your grandchildren wasn't
born convinced of righteousness? Convinced that anything contrary
to the law written on his heart is wrong? Did any of you ever
have to teach a child to lie? No, it just, it's as natural
to them, just as natural to them as steak is to manure. Just natural
to them. It's natural to him. Which of
you ever had to convince your child or tried to convince your
child or could convince your child that it was all right to
lie? He lied to you and then lie while you're beating him
for lying. Say, I didn't do it. How come? Because he knows it's
wrong. You see, man is born with a sense of righteousness, a sense
of moral righteousness, if you can talk like that. a sense that
God is righteous. Well, what's he talking about
then? When the Spirit of God comes, he will convince you of
righteousness. He'll convince you that Jesus
Christ, the God-man mediator, has fulfilled every requirement
of God for righteousness on your behalf. God Almighty demands
perfect righteousness. God said, Don Fortner, walk before
me and be perfect, for I'm perfect. And I can't. And God reveals
Christ in me. And I did. Because Christ did
it. He obeyed God for me. I'm convinced. I'm convinced. God in heaven
cannot require more than God has given on the earth in His
Son from heaven. Perfect righteousness. Perfect
righteousness. And He'll convince you of something
else. Judgment. Judgment. How come? Because the prince of this world
is judged. Satan is cast out. The accuser
of the brethren cast down because he's got nothing now with which
to accuse. He's got nothing with which to
accuse. The perfect picture is Zechariah
chapter 3. Joshua standing before the Lord with his filthy garments,
and the angel of the Lord stands by, and Satan would accuse him,
and the Lord rebukes him, and said, Is not this a fire plucked
out of the burning? And all he has to do to rebuke
him is point to righteousness and death. Judgment finished. So that Satan has no grounds
on which to accuse, not one of God's elect, because judgment's
over. All right, that brings us to the silver tops of these
pillars. God requires more than righteousness. Sins got to be
punished. Justice must be satisfied. God
Almighty demands atonement, satisfaction. At one minute, reconciliation. God was in Christ reconciling
the world to himself and reconciling us to him. What's he talking about? Turn
to Exodus chapter 30. No man can perform righteousness
and no man can make atonement for his own soul, much less for
another. No man can do good and no man
can pay for sin. Won't men pay for sin in hell?
That's the reason it's eternal. They can't. They can't. They can't. The papists speak
of works of supererogation. It's amazing how stupid religion
can get and people who follow it. Stupid. They're stupid. Smart people
do dumb things. Real dumb things. Works of supererogation. That means, but if you do good
enough, It'll give credit for some of us and we can forgive
sin on credit of what you did. Supererogation goes above and
beyond the call of duty and law. I was talking about manure a
little bit ago. That's it. Paul calls it that. Exodus chapter
30. What does the silver represent?
Throughout the book of God in the ceremonial law, silver is
connected with atonement. Exodus 30 verse 12. When thou
takest the sum of the children of Israel after their number,
then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto the
Lord. When thou numberest them, that
there be no plague among them, when thou numberest them, this
they shall give every man or everyone that passeth among them
that are numbered half a shekel. Now, what's this? After the shekel
of the sanctuary. A shekel is 20 giras. A half
shekel shall be the offering of the Lord. Every one that passeth
among them that are numbered every from 20 years old and above
shall give an offering unto the Lord. The rich shall not give
more and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel when
they give an offering unto the Lord to make an atonement for
your souls. And thou shalt take the atonement
money of the children of Israel, and shalt appoint it for the
service of the tabernacle of the congregation. Make fillets
and hooks and sockets of silver, that it may be a memorial unto
the children of Israel before the Lord, to make an atonement
for your souls. Turn over a few pages to Leviticus
chapter 5. Leviticus 5. Verse 15. If a soul commit a trespass and
a sin through ignorance in the holy things of the Lord, then
shall, then he shall bring for his trespass unto the Lord a
ram without blemish out of the flocks. Now watch this. With thy estimation, remember
silver after the shackle of the sanctuary. with thy estimation
by shekel of silver after the shekel of the sanctuary for a
trespass offering. Bring a ram, perfect, spotless
ram, out of the flock, and bring silver such as is specified by
the law. Read on. And he shall make amends
for the harm that he hath done in the holy thing. and shall
add the fifth part thereto, and give it unto the priest, and
the priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of the trespass
offering, and it shall be, not might be, maybe be, hopefully
will be, it shall be forgiven him. In other words, everyone
for whom atonement is made, his sin shall be forgiven him. Let
men talk all they want to about universal atonement in a sense
in which Christ died for everybody, wants to save everybody. That
makes the death of Christ meaningless and worthless. Oh, no, no, no. Everyone for whom atonement is
made, it shall be forgiven him because everything demanded by
the law has been satisfied. Christ's obedience then, as our
God-man mediator, is our righteousness before God. our only righteousness. Now get this if you can. It is
the righteousness imputed to us, reckoned ours in free justification. The righteousness formed in us,
imparted to us in sanctification, in the new birth and regeneration.
It is the righteousness in which we shall be raised. The righteousness
that David Byrd shall soon be transformed to you. Raised in his likeness, perfectly
as he is. As the God-man is himself glorified
in perfect righteousness, so we shall be glorified in perfect
righteousness. These bodies raised from the
dust of death, freed from the corruption of sin in glorification. And it is the righteousness for
which we shall be rewarded in the day of judgment. Christ's
precious blood The atonement he obtained by his blood, the
blood by which our sins were put away at Calvary, is our only
atonement for sin. And by these things, the God-man
mediator has reconciled us to God. The 60 pillars of the tabernacle
portray God's elect, all saved sinners. The sockets of brass
picture Christ, our righteousness. The tops of the silver typify
our atonement by Christ Jesus, our redemption in him. The linen
fence is representative of the man Christ by whom and in whom
and with whom we have righteousness and atonement. By whom, in whom,
and with whom. We stand accepted before God. By the pure silver of His blood
and the pure gold of His deity, by the white linen of His perfect
righteousness in our humanity, He is our God-man, mediator,
and Savior. The Son of God was obedient unto
death. He met our sentence. He expiated
our sin and our guilt. He was made sin for us and put
away sin. And we are now made the righteousness
of God in him, that we might live forever with him. And the
believer, we're told in 1 Corinthians 6, 17, is joined to Christ as
one spirit. like the pillars and the fence
are one. We are members of his body, of
his bones, of his flesh, and of his blood. I can't explain
it, but I can believe it, and I can rejoice in it. I'm one
with Christ. And I shall not fall from God's
favor till he does. I shall not fall from God's favor
till he does. Now that's one of two things.
That's either cocky, arrogant, presumption, and damning pride. Or that's faith according to
the gospel and the message of the tabernacle fence. Christ
our mediator. Amen.