The torn veil is the temple curtain split when Jesus died.
The curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom.
The veil hung before the Holy of Holies. Only the high priest went beyond it, and only on the Day of Atonement, with blood. When Jesus yielded up His spirit, the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. Matthew, Mark, and Luke all record it. The tear starts at the top. It is not a hand from the court. Hebrews says He opened a new and living way through the curtain, that is, through His flesh, so that we may draw near with a true heart. The church does not keep a second veil. The way into the holy place is open in Him.
- The temple veil is the Old Testament thing. The tearing is the New Testament event.
- From top to bottom means God did it. The priests did not cut a door.
- Access to God is what the tear announces. The blood of Jesus is the way.
The curtain was torn in two, from top to bottom.
A new and living way through the curtain, that is, through his flesh.
Let us draw near.
- The torn veil is the temple curtain split at the death of Jesus.
- Matthew, Mark, and Luke all record the tear.
- It was torn from top to bottom.
- The veil had kept the Holy of Holies shut.
- Hebrews reads the curtain as His flesh.
- The way is open. Draw near.
- The Curtain – The temple veil.
- The Hour – When Jesus died.
- The Direction – From top to bottom.
- The Witness – Three Gospels.
- The Way – Through His flesh.
- The Call – Draw near with a true heart.
- Matthew 27:50-51 – “Jesus cried out again with a loud voice and yielded up his spirit. And behold, the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom.”
- Mark 15:37-38 – “Jesus uttered a loud cry and breathed his last. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom.”
- Luke 23:45 – “The curtain of the temple was torn in two.”
- Exodus 26:31-33 – “You shall make a veil of blue and purple and scarlet yarns… and the veil shall separate for you the Holy Place from the Most Holy.”
- Leviticus 16:2 – “Tell Aaron your brother not to come at any time into the Holy Place inside the veil, so that he may not die.”
- Hebrews 9:3 – “Behind the second curtain was a second section called the Most Holy Place.”
- Hebrews 9:7-8 – “Into the second only the high priest goes… the Holy Spirit indicates that the way into the holy places is not yet opened.”
- Hebrews 10:19-20 – “We have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh.”
- Hebrews 10:22 – “Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith.”
- Ephesians 2:13-14 – “You who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. For he himself is our peace.”
The curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom.
A new and living way through the curtain, that is, through his flesh.
Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith.
The veil is the Old Testament curtain. The tear is the hour Jesus died. The way in is open.
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