Loops of Unity

God gave Moses a detailed description of how to build the Tabernacle in the wilderness. Every detail has meaning for us today.
Ex 36:11
And he made loops of blue on the edge of the outermost curtain in the first set; he did likewise on the edge of the curtain that was outermost in the second set.
:13 And He made fifty clasps of gold and joined the curtains to one another with the clasps, so the tabernacle was a unit (one).

Commentaries say that blue, which translated is really violet, represents heaven with the wide spectrum of colors displayed in it. Also that the loops in the curtain, represent the unity God desires, that there are no separations in His tabernacle. These loops were joined together by 50 gold clasps. Gold in the Bible represents Diety. Jesus, our God, is the true unifier of men.

We are His temple today and He desires unity among His people. I thought of the song “Kum ba yah”. When it is sung people loop their arms together in a spirit of unity.  And for that moment that spirit prevails and fills the hearts of those who are together.

 How greatly our God desires unity among His people!  He pours His Spirit out into our hearts that we may see others through His eyes pure, holy, and blameless.  He sent Jesus, His only begotten Son, our Savior, to break down the walls in our hearts that prevent us from loving others as He has loved us.

He has an infinite well of grace for us to draw from. And that grace to love is not for the moment but for each moment of our life’s journey on this earth.

To see others as He has enabled us to see them, justified by the blood of Jesus, raised up and seated with Him at the right hand of the Father and deeply loved by Him, is a freedom that enriches our lives.

Romans 3:24 ..being justified by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus;
Eph 2:6…and raised up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,  :7 in order that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
This surpassing richness of His grace is for us today. Right now.