“You shall make the court of the tabernacle. On the south side the court shall have hangings of fine twined linen a hundred cubits long for one side. Its twenty pillars and their twenty bases shall be of bronze, but the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver. And likewise for its length on the north side there shall be hangings a hundred cubits long, its pillars twenty and their bases twenty, of bronze, but the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver. And for the breadth of the court on the west side there shall be hangings for fifty cubits, with ten pillars and ten bases. The breadth of the court on the front to the east shall be fifty cubits. The hangings for the one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and three bases. On the other side the hangings shall be fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and three bases. For the gate of the court there shall be a screen twenty cubits long, of blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen, embroidered with needlework. It shall have four pillars and with them four bases. All the pillars around the court shall be filleted with silver. Their hooks shall be of silver, and their bases of bronze. The length of the court shall be a hundred cubits, the breadth fifty, and the height five cubits, with hangings of fine twined linen and bases of bronze. All the utensils of the tabernacle for every use, and all its pegs and all the pegs of the court, shall be of bronze.
Comment: The court yard was to be constructed 100 by 50 cubits, that is approximately 50 by 20 metres in size One of the short sides (the Eastern side) was to have a 20 cubit door way covered with a screen. I think the four posts holding up the doorway screens would possibly placed 2 in the middle and one at each end of the door way so that the screen could be slid open wide to welcome worshippers in. I’m assuming that the 20 cubit doorway had 2 X 10 cubit screens or maybe 4 X 5 cubit screens. It seems to my understanding that God opens His arms wide to welcome worshippers in! All of the drapes made for the walls were of first class workmanship and beautiful. Is this a justification to make cathedrals and churches the most spectacular buildings in any town? Certainly you can worship God in the open. For Christians the church is people oriented not primarily buildings. But we are told in the book of Hebrews ‘not to forsake the gathering together of believers.’
Prayer: Thank you that Your churches building blocks are people! Help Your followers to live in Unity.
As I read it! 