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I AM AN 80 YEAR OLD MALE, BORN AGAIN, CHRISTIAN WITH A LOVE FOR JESUS. I DO NOT GET OUT MUCH ANYMORE BUT FIND THAT TELLING PEOPLE ABOUT THE LOVE JESUS HAS FOR THEM IS NOT ONLY WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO DO BUT SOMETHING THAT THE WORLD NEEDS.
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"THE VEIL OF THE TEMPLE" BY DAVID MCMILLEN
THE VEIL OF THE TEMPLE
MATTHEW 27:50-53 Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.
THIS IS SUCH A POWERFUL SCRIPTURE AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY A FEW THINGS ABOUT IT. SOME PEOPLE READ THIS AND HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE RIPPING OF THE VEIL MEANS AND THAT MEANING HAS A GREAT DEAL IN HOW WE WORSHIP AND PRAY.
FIRST A LITTLE BACKGROUND OF THE VEIL. GOD GAVE MOSES THE PLANS FOR BUILDING THE TABERNACLE AND IN IT WAS A VEIL THAT SEPARATED "THE HOLY OF HOLIES", THE EARTHLY DWELLING PLACE OF GOD'S PRESENCE FROM THE REST OF THE TEMPLE WHERE MEN DWELT. THIS SIGNIFIED THAT WE WERE SEPARATED FROM GOD BY SIN. ONLY THE HIGH PRIEST WAS PERMITTED TO PASS BEYOND THIS VEIL ONCE A YEAR TO MAKE ATONEMENT FOR THE SINS OF THE ISRAELITES.
IN SOLOMON'S TEMPLE THE VEIL WAS 30 CUBITS HIGH BUT HEROD INCREASED THE HEIGHT TO 40 CUBITS ACCORDING TO JOSEPHUS, A FIRST CENTURY HISTORIAN. THE MEASUREMENT OF A CUBIT, ACCORDING TO THE DICTIONARY, IS FROM 18 TO 22 INCHES SO WE KNOW THE VEIL WAS AT LEAST 60 FEET HIGH. JUST AS A SIDE NOTE....JOSEPHUS ALSO TELLS US THAT THE VEIL WAS FOUR INCHES THICK AND THAT HORSES TIED TO EACH SIDE COULD NOT PULL IT APART.
WHEN JESUS "GAVE UP THE GHOST", THE VEIL WAS TORN FROM THE TOP TO THE BOTTOM WHICH SIGNIFIED THAT THE SEPARATION BETWEEN GOD AND MAN IS NO MORE. JESUS HAS TAKEN ALL SIN UPON HIMSELF AND GOD NOW SEES US THROUGH JESUS AND WE CAN GO DIRECTLY INTO GOD'S PRESENTS. IT HAD TO BE GOD THAT TORE IT APART BECAUSE NO MAN COULD HAVE EVER DONE THAT.
SO, WHEN YOU PRAY AND WORSHIP GOD, DON'T GO THROUGH SOME PERSON ON EARTH. GO DIRECTLY TO THE THRONE OF GOD. HE IS WAITING FOR YOU THERE.
GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
