The Door of the Outer Court was a large curtain, made of fine linen, coloured in blue, purple, red and white. The curtain was supported by wooden pillars that were based in brass sockets, with silver capitals, just like the other pillars of the Outer Court curtain. The door curtain was fastened to the pillars with gold hooks.

Each of the colours has a significance:

Blue indicates heavenly and godly: “Behold your God” (Isaiah 40:9), pointing to John’s gospel, where doubting Thomas eventually says to Jesus “My Lord and my God” (John 20:28).

Purple signifies kingship: “Behold your King” (Zechariah 9:9), pointing to Matthew’s gospel, where Jesus, the descendant of King David (Matthew 1:1), declares after rising from the dead: “All authority in heaven and on earth is given to Me” (Matthew 28:18).

Red signifies blood: “Behold My servant” (Isaiah 52:13 & 53:5), pointing to Mark’s gospel, where Jesus says He “came to serve and to give His life as a ransom for many” (Mark 10:45).

White signifies purity and a right humanity: “Behold the man” (Zechariah 6:12), pointing to Luke’s gospel, where Pilate says of Jesus “Behold, I have found not one fault in this man” (Luke 23:4,14).

These four colours are woven together to become the complete Door, just as the four gospels combine to give a complete picture of Jesus. Jesus Christ is pure and righteous, kingly and godly, and this is how He as a man can be our ransom, the Door for us to enter into God’s presence in the Tabernacle. Jesus said “I am the Door; if any man enters through Me he shall be saved” (John 10:9) and “I am the way, the truth and the life; no man comes to [God] the Father except through Me” (John 14:6).

CURTAINS

For tabernacle. Exodus 26:1-37; Exodus 27:9-18; Exodus 36:8-18