The holy of holies contained the Ark of the Covenant, which God instructed Moses to build to house the Ten Commandments. The Law of God, which no man was capable to keep, was kept behind a curtain only the high priest could enter once a year on the Day of Atonement.
They undoubtedly knew exactly what the apostles were communicating in the gospels by mere mention of the veil in the temple tearing. Jesus came so we could live life to the fullest John When He gave up His life on the cross, God tore the curtain in the temple from top to bottom to show us there is nothing we could have done to remove that curtain. The veil of sin in our lives, and the deception of our enemy, does not have to keep us from living a full life anymore.
Believers may approach God boldly as children adopted through Christ. Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Him.
He is the atoning sacrifice for our sin. Through Christ, we are ushered into the presence of God. When the curtain, which represented so much of that, tore in two from top to bottom, it signified a new Way … a new life in Christ for all believers. We understand that the veil is especially made tough and beautiful. Unlike today's curtains or veils, it is built to last, and does not tear easily like wedding veils or lace curtains.
So when we think of the veil in this context, it's important we don't conjure up modern images of a veil. This one was sturdy and strong. The veil shall be a divider for you between the holy place and the Most Holy. It serves as a "door" to the place where God's holy presence resides in the temple.
High priests were the only ones allowed and even then, only once a year to offer blood see Hebrews God's glory resided in that place, and high priests weren't allowed to enter in at any other time as they would die see Leviticus God's glory stays inside that place, hidden by the veil.
This veil separates man from God, in the sense that it covers God's glory and doesn't allow us to see Him at any time. Then, behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom Christ said that He is the only way to the Father, and the temple being torn in two is proof of it. Your message has helped lift some of the weight off my heart. I feel like we just had a conversation between two friends.
I agree totally with Mr. I need soooo much help when trying to better understand many scriptures. I will pray for Your Husband and Your Family.
Thank You dearly. Thanks so much for your quick reply, Pastor Jack! Being hearing-impaired, I DID miss out of many things. Continuing from above…for some reason, my hitting a wrong key, most likely, reply got posted before I could finish. Hi, Pastor Jack!
Changed the online bible study to the New English Version. I understood your explanation completely! Thank you again, Pastor Jack! Going to reply to Thomas Bowers above. Hello, Thomas! Your reply was sweet. As for friends, I choose ones who accept me as I am. Who needs negative feedback from others, right?
All the writers of articles with Scripture passages are truly inspired by the Holy Spirit, but Pastor Jack is my favorite. Also, thanks so much for prayers for my hubby, Gary. His spirits are overall up, but oh, I miss him! So does our beagle, Sherry! Reminder, you are in my daily prayer journal, Thomas! Thank Sir you have really enlightened my spirit now I understand why the curtain was torn, I have got a right to stand in the presence of God without guilty conscious.
Thank you Ntuthuko for your gracious words. We have no right to stand before God but only because that Jesus became sin for us and that God sees us as having His righteousness 2 Cor I love this site!!!!!!!!! I had asked for prayer and I know you all did for me , see another person has asked , I will remember him in prayer too with all of you. Thank you so much Nicholas. Charles Stanley is rock solid as a teacher and pastor.
Great to know you listen to him. I myself have done not enough for our Savior and to Him, all I owe I could never repay. Very informative. What was the purpose of the ancient temples? Thank you Kevin for your question sir. The purpose of the temple was to make offerings for sin and it was an ongoing process sins Hebrews states it is not possible that the blood of bulls and goats could take away the sins of the people.
Today, Christians are the temple of the Holy Spirit for He dwells in those who have put their trust in Christ. I pray I answered your questions adequately. Hello, Nicholas! Have added you and your co-workers to my Prayer Board, a list of folks I daily pray for? You sound like you have a beautiful soul, Nicholas!
Your sister in Christ, Jesus…Patty. Patty and others are very special on this website and are prayer warriors. May God continue to bless you and be with you my friend. You are most certainly not alone my Nicholas. Wow that was strange. Hello, Frank! So, think about it, OK? Your sister in Christ, Jesus…. Good article, but I have a question. Many believe that the veil was four inches thick, not one inch. Where in the scriptures does it say how thick the veil was?
Hello Joan. It actually was 4 inches thick, so you are right. It should have read 4 instead of 1. Thank you. Thank you for the article. Is there any indication in the scripture that it was the veil that blocked the Most Holy Place? There was the main curtain, the very thick one that this speaks about and it was the one where only the High Priest entered and only once a year. Thank you for the quick response. Christians today, with the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, have access to God the Father, and are not separated from Him as if by a veil.
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