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work of sacrifice (the Priests) had access to the Tabernacle. So onlythose of the household of faith, who are consecrated to sacrifice,enter the Divine conditions represented in the Tabernacle.The "Court" or justified human condition was entered by faith only;but while we must retain the faith that justifies, we must do more, ifwe would change our nature and become "new creatures"--partakers of the Divine nature. If we would enter the Tabernacle orDivine condition, we must crucify the justified flesh, presenting ourhuman wills and bodies a living sacrifice to God; no longer to seekfor human pleasure, honor, praise, etc., but to be dead to these andalive to the heavenly ones. Yet into this condition also, we comethrough Christ Jesus our Lord, who not only opened for us the"gate," but also opened to us the "door" into the Tabernacle "a new"way of life through and beyond the vail. Heb. 10:20.The two apartments of the Tabernacle, the Holy and the Most Holy,represented two phases or stages of the Divine life. The "Holy"represented the present condition of those begotten of God throughthe Word, these are Divine minded, "new creatures," who thoughstill "in the flesh" have their real life and walk with God within thevail and beyond the sight of the world, and the unconsecratedbelievers. These enjoy the light of the candlestick, eat of the specialfood, and offer at the golden altar.The "Most Holy" represented our perfected condition as newcreatures, when born from the dead in the resurrection. Then beingbeyond both vails --the fleshly mind and fleshly body, we shall beglorious spiritual bodies, as well----------*Frequently this in the English translation is improperly called the"holy place;" and in such instances the word place will be found initalics, indicating that it has been supplied by the translators, as forinstance in Exod. 26:33. This error is quite confusing as "the court"was properly called "the holy place." When place, is not in italics,"the court" is always meant. See Lev. 14:13 and 6:27. In someinstances "The Holy," is termed "The Tabernacle of thecongregation" and the "Most Holy," the "Sanctuary" is alsosometimes called "the Holy place" [place in italics.] instances, Lev.16:17,20,33. In our mention of them we will call those apartmentsseverally, "The Camp," "The Court," "The Holy," and "Most Holy."A lack of appreciation of the necessity of uniform exactness, and ofour interest in these typical pictures, on the part of the translators ofLeviticus, must have been the cause of the varied translations whichhave so aided in confusing the student.page 4as spiritually minded. We shall be like our Leader, our forerunnerbeyond the vail, who, having entered, hath consecrated for us thisnew and living way. The spiritual minded creature in the "Holy," byfaith looks forward through the rent Vail into the "Most Holy"