Meditation 32
The Framework and the Letters M to R
(M) The framework. “The length
of the court must be one hundred cubits, its with fifty cubits and its
height five cubits. All the curtains must be made of finely woven
linen” (Ex 27. 17). This is how God demanded that Moses designed the
courtyard. If the curtains were removed the framework itself became
visible and then we see how the cross appeared sixty times around this
sacred area where the silver rods formed the crossbeams but the poles
the pillars. This is an admonition to the fact that every soul that
seeks refuge in the blood outpoured on the Sacrificial Hill of the
Cross is protected continuously by its salvatic grace in every moment
of passing time, every minute (60), yes every second of passing time on
earth.
(N) The pillars. The divine predestination desires to shed light upon the Militant Church on earth and its continuous intercession in order to help the souls to attain the glorious Beatitudes of the heavenly Tabernacle. Here God says, “Thus is how you will be when you have submitted to the sanctifying grace of my Spirit.” The pillars reveal actually before our eyes the victorious one, “Anyone who proves victorious I will make a pillar in the Sanctuary of my God, and it will stay there for ever.” (Rv 3. 12). Thus God places the pillars of the Church around the community of the faithful in order to protect it with their intercession.
(O) The pillars number. The pillars were altogether 60 in number. They are a manifestation of the earthly aspect of the Church or the harvest of the divine predestination. The Tetramorph with its center reveals the power of the name of J E S U S as a pentagram as was discussed above. The numeral 5 refers thus directly to the power of grace. The numeral 6 refers to the human being as a six days creation who in its obedience to the 10 commandments rises up to such a dignity in order to become a pillar in the Sanctuary of the Living God bearing the crown of life as the silver caps reveals. Thus the numeral 60 (6 x 10) reveals half the part of the numeral 120 or the union of the earthly and heavenly Tabernacle. The zero or nil refers to eternity and something infinite or the numeral 144.000 or the number of the fruits of God's predestination (120 x 120 referring to the redeemed and the celestial hierarchies).
(P) Their role. The pillars carried the framework and the curtains. They could justly say to the masters of darkness in the air “proceed no further!” This they can all do because they have submitted to God and “seized the babies of Babylon and shattered them against a rock!” (Ps 137. 8) – rejected all impurity and incitements of the evil thoughts in their hearts. All are they watchers and protects the Sanctuary of God and its holiness by their intercession. The divine predestination carried them all on its waves to this place. They are the fruit of the life which the apostles enkindled and when this life began to bloom their number became 60. This mystery God implanted in His predestination and thus He urged Moses to follow His precepts utterly.
(R) Their Material. The pillars were made of bronze, “its twenty poles (pillars) and their twenty sockets being of bronze” (Ex 27. 10). The pillars shed light on the fact that the area within was consecrated to the living God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob Who punishes the sin with death! The pillars represent the Militant Church on earth which has heard the cry of the Lord, “Anyone who believes in me, even though that person dies, will live” (Jn 11. 25). They are a token of those who have entered through the gate (the curtain) into the Holy of Holies and got a participation in the life of the redeemed, “Anyone who enters through me will be safe: such a one will go in and out and will find pasture” (Jn 10. 9). They have walked behind the curtain into the Holy of Holies and go afterwards out to serve in the courtyard in the battle line of the Militant Church on earth and are covered by the sins of the world.
Their sublime role consist in carrying the shining white linen curtains and to remind everyone that approaches that this is the abode of a holy God. They are the Church's pillars of praise and fill the enemy of our salvation and his black angels of darkness with terror. The pillars are the sheep who have heard the voice of the great Shepherd, “the sheep hear his voice, one by one he calls his own sheep and leads them out” (Jn 10. 3) They have been lead out into their pasture in the courtyard: to serve in the Sanctuary of their Living God.
(N) The pillars. The divine predestination desires to shed light upon the Militant Church on earth and its continuous intercession in order to help the souls to attain the glorious Beatitudes of the heavenly Tabernacle. Here God says, “Thus is how you will be when you have submitted to the sanctifying grace of my Spirit.” The pillars reveal actually before our eyes the victorious one, “Anyone who proves victorious I will make a pillar in the Sanctuary of my God, and it will stay there for ever.” (Rv 3. 12). Thus God places the pillars of the Church around the community of the faithful in order to protect it with their intercession.
(O) The pillars number. The pillars were altogether 60 in number. They are a manifestation of the earthly aspect of the Church or the harvest of the divine predestination. The Tetramorph with its center reveals the power of the name of J E S U S as a pentagram as was discussed above. The numeral 5 refers thus directly to the power of grace. The numeral 6 refers to the human being as a six days creation who in its obedience to the 10 commandments rises up to such a dignity in order to become a pillar in the Sanctuary of the Living God bearing the crown of life as the silver caps reveals. Thus the numeral 60 (6 x 10) reveals half the part of the numeral 120 or the union of the earthly and heavenly Tabernacle. The zero or nil refers to eternity and something infinite or the numeral 144.000 or the number of the fruits of God's predestination (120 x 120 referring to the redeemed and the celestial hierarchies).
(P) Their role. The pillars carried the framework and the curtains. They could justly say to the masters of darkness in the air “proceed no further!” This they can all do because they have submitted to God and “seized the babies of Babylon and shattered them against a rock!” (Ps 137. 8) – rejected all impurity and incitements of the evil thoughts in their hearts. All are they watchers and protects the Sanctuary of God and its holiness by their intercession. The divine predestination carried them all on its waves to this place. They are the fruit of the life which the apostles enkindled and when this life began to bloom their number became 60. This mystery God implanted in His predestination and thus He urged Moses to follow His precepts utterly.
(R) Their Material. The pillars were made of bronze, “its twenty poles (pillars) and their twenty sockets being of bronze” (Ex 27. 10). The pillars shed light on the fact that the area within was consecrated to the living God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob Who punishes the sin with death! The pillars represent the Militant Church on earth which has heard the cry of the Lord, “Anyone who believes in me, even though that person dies, will live” (Jn 11. 25). They are a token of those who have entered through the gate (the curtain) into the Holy of Holies and got a participation in the life of the redeemed, “Anyone who enters through me will be safe: such a one will go in and out and will find pasture” (Jn 10. 9). They have walked behind the curtain into the Holy of Holies and go afterwards out to serve in the courtyard in the battle line of the Militant Church on earth and are covered by the sins of the world.
Their sublime role consist in carrying the shining white linen curtains and to remind everyone that approaches that this is the abode of a holy God. They are the Church's pillars of praise and fill the enemy of our salvation and his black angels of darkness with terror. The pillars are the sheep who have heard the voice of the great Shepherd, “the sheep hear his voice, one by one he calls his own sheep and leads them out” (Jn 10. 3) They have been lead out into their pasture in the courtyard: to serve in the Sanctuary of their Living God.