THEOSISJohn of Tobolsk
Before the transformation of the Old Testament Church into the New Testament Church through the God-Man Jesus Christ, God commanded Moses and Aaron to conceal the sacred items of the altar and their ornaments with a crimson veil during the Israelites' journey through the Arabian Desert. This directive is detailed in the fourth chapter of Numbers, where it notes that Aaron and his sons, upon entering the first tabernacle, should remove the veil that covers it and wrap the Ark of the Testimony (the Ark of the Covenant, or Holy of Holies) in it. Furthermore, they were to cover it with a veil made of blue skins and place a blue wool covering over it, ensuring its stability on its carrying poles.
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Following these instructions, they were to cover the table of showbread and the golden altar with their utensils: "and they shall cleanse the altar from the ashes, and shall cover it with a purple robe, and shall lay upon it all its vessels which are used in divine service, and shall enclose them in a purple robe, and shall cover them with a covering of blue skins, and shall lay them upon a stretcher."
This careful provision was likely made to prevent the curious from glimpsing the most sacred items before they were veiled, as it was warned that anyone uninitiated who saw or touched a holy object would face death. Consequently, those who bore the sacred items felt only their weight upon their shoulders, for they were entirely concealed by a crimson veil from the eyes of the bearers. Similarly, anyone who wholly surrenders to God's will refrains from probing into the unfathomable reasons behind His Providence and Wisdom. Each of us must willingly accept the burden of limiting our curiosity; it suffices to know that the weight we carry, wrapped in blue or crimson veils, hidden in the depths of God's incomprehensible will, is for our salvation.