The golden boards in the Holy of Holies

Over the past few days I had been thinking of the word of the Lord for New Creation Church members - 2008, a year of manifested blessings - and the Lord drew my attention to our position in Christ.

When God gave Moses the instructions for building the Tabernacle, He was very explicit with the details because in those details, we can get a glimpse of the love the Father has with His Beloved Son. Of particular interest I had can be found in the Holy of Holies and that has to do with the 48 pieces of acacia boards overlaid with gold.

Exodus 26:15-30
15 "And for the tabernacle you shall make the boards of acacia wood, standing upright.
16 Ten cubits shall be the length of a board, and a cubit and a half shall be the width of each board.
17 Two tenons shall be in each board for binding one to another. Thus you shall make for all the boards of the tabernacle.
18 And you shall make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards for the south side.
19 You shall make forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards: two sockets under each of the boards for its two tenons.
20 And for the second side of the tabernacle, the north side, there shall be twenty boards
21 and their forty sockets of silver: two sockets under each of the boards.
22 For the far side of the tabernacle, westward, you shall make six boards.
23 And you shall also make two boards for the two back corners of the tabernacle.
24 They shall be coupled together at the bottom and they shall be coupled together at the top by one ring. Thus it shall be for both of them. They shall be for the two corners.
25 So there shall be eight boards with their sockets of silver--sixteen sockets--two sockets under each board.
26 "And you shall make bars of acacia wood: five for the boards on one side of the tabernacle,
27 five bars for the boards on the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the side of the tabernacle, for the far side westward.
28 The middle bar shall pass through the midst of the boards from end to end.
29 You shall overlay the boards with gold, make their rings of gold as holders for the bars, and overlay the bars with gold.
30 And you shall raise up the tabernacle according to its pattern which you were shown on the mountain.

It is interesting to note: -
1. the boards were made from acacia wood; this is the hardiest of wood that can be found in the dry areas of the middle east. Wood represents mankind in the bible and we are created to be able to withstand hardiness.
2. the boards were overlaid with gold; gold in the bible represents divinity and so when mankind had been enclosed with the divinity of God, we can stand in His presence.
3. there is no physical light within the Holy of Holies; the only light that can be found there is the glory of God that radiated from the Mercy Seat atop the Ark of the Covenant.
4. there are a total of 48 boards standing side by side - that's the picture of the church universal standing together to testify of the glory of the Lord.

So from here we can understand the function of the golden encased acacia boards - to reflect the glory of the Lord. So church we are called to reflect the glory of the Lord in our lives.