What does the inside-only beauty of the tabernacle picture about believers and Christ?
The tabernacle’s inside-only beauty pictures that believers, when they come into the body of Christ and are in Christ, see a beauty and loveliness the world knows nothing of. It also typifies Christ, whose beauty is hidden from outside observers but revealed to those within.
Les explains that when a person went into the sanctuary, the beauty was seen from the inside, not the outside. He likens this to believers coming into the body of Christ: being in Christ, they see a beauty and loveliness the world knows nothing of. The light from the seven-candle candlestick reflecting off the gold, the pure white linen with other colors, and the cherubim made it beautiful beyond description. Les says this is all intricately a picture of Christ. The inside linen was hung on golden hooks, and the wood frame was set in blocks of silver, not brass.