{"id":90765,"date":"2021-03-12T11:08:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-12T16:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/keriritenour.com\/grace\/temple-veil\/"},"modified":"2023-10-07T22:25:14","modified_gmt":"2023-10-08T02:25:14","slug":"temple-veil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/keriritenour.com\/grace\/temple-veil\/","title":{"rendered":"Temple Veil"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Matthew 27:50-51: Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud\nvoice, yielded up the ghost. And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in\ntwain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">During the lifetime time of Jesus, the Holy Temple in Jerusalem was the center of Jewish religious life. Here was the place that animal sacrifices were carried out, and worship according to the Law of Moses was commanded, and followed faithfully. Yet, at the very moment of the death of Christ, the temple became obsolete as the ultimate sacrifice had eternal consequences.&nbsp; Matthew is very clear about the temple veil being torn\u2026what did this mean?&nbsp; For the Biblical answer, we refer to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\n<li>Historical Context: This gospel is known as the Gospel of Matthew because\nit was written by the apostle of the same name.&nbsp;The style of the book is\nexactly what would be expected of a man who was once a tax\ncollector.&nbsp;Matthew has a keen interest in accounting (18:23-24;\n25:14-15).&nbsp;The book is very orderly and concise. Rather than write in\nchronological order, Matthew arranges this Gospel through six discussions.&nbsp; Matthew discusses the lineage, birth, and\nearly life of Christ in the first two chapters.&nbsp;From there, the book\ndiscusses the ministry of Jesus.&nbsp;The descriptions of Christ\u2019s teachings\nare arranged around \u201cdiscourses\u201d, such as the Sermon on the Mount in chapters 5\nthrough 7.&nbsp;Chapter 10 involves the mission and purpose of the disciples;\nchapter 13 is a collection of parables; chapter 18 discusses the church;\nchapter 23 begins a discourse about hypocrisy and the future.&nbsp;Chapters 21\nthrough 27 discuss the arrest, torture, and execution of Jesus.&nbsp;The final\nchapter describes the resurrection and the Great Commission.&nbsp; As a tax collector, Matthew possessed a skill\nthat makes his writing all the more exciting for Christians.&nbsp;Tax\ncollectors were expected to be able to write in a form of shorthand, which\nessentially meant that Matthew could record a person\u2019s words as they spoke,\nword for word.&nbsp;This ability means that the words of Matthew are not only\ninspired by the Holy Spirit, but should represent an actual transcript of some\nof Christ\u2019s sermons.&nbsp;For example, the Sermon on the Mount, as recorded in\nchapters 5-7, is almost certainly a perfect recording of that great message.&nbsp; As an apostle, Matthew wrote this book in the\nearly period of the church, probably around 50 AD.&nbsp;This was a time when\nmost Christians were Jewish converts, so Matthew\u2019s focus on Jewish perspective\nin this gospel is understandable.&nbsp; Matthew\nintends to prove to the Jews that Jesus Christ is the promised\nMessiah.&nbsp;More than any other gospel, Matthew quotes the Old Testament to\nshow how Jesus fulfilled the words of the Jewish prophets. Matthew describes in\ndetail the lineage of Jesus from David, and uses many forms of speech that Jews\nwould have been comfortable with.&nbsp;Matthew\u2019s love and concern for his\npeople is apparent through his meticulous approach to telling the gospel story.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\n<li>Grammatical Usage:\u00a0\u201cRent\u201d in the Greek is \u201cschizo\u201d meaning \u201cto split, rend open\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\n<li>Literal Application: \u201cAnd\nwhen Jesus had cried again with a loud voice He permitted His spirit to\nleave.&nbsp; And look!&nbsp; The veil of the temple was split from the top\nto the bottom into two pieces, and the earth began to quake, and the rocks\nbegan to be broken up.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\n<li>Contextual Interpretation: Solomon&#8217;s Temple was 30 cubits high (1 Kings 6:2) but Herod had increased the height to 40 cubits according to the writings of Josephus, a first century Jewish historian. There is uncertainty as to exactly what a cubit equaled in our feet and inches but it is safe to assume that this veil was somewhere near 60 feet high. Josephus also tells us that the veil was four inches thick, and that horses tied to each side could not pull the veil apart. And the account in the Book of Exodus teaches that this thick veil was fashioned from blue, purple and scarlet material and fine twisted linen.\u00a0 The size and thickness of the veil makes so much more momentous the events described as occurring at the exact moment of Jesus\u2019 death upon a cross nearly 2000 years ago. \u201cAnd Jesus cried out again with a loud voice, and yielded up His spirit. And behold, the veil of the Temple was torn in two from top to bottom&#8230;\u201d (Matthew 27:50-51a)\u00a0 <br> So what do we make of this? What significance does this rent-torn veil have for us today? Above all, the tearing of the veil at the moment of Jesus&#8217; death dramatically symbolized that His sacrifice, the shedding of His own blood, was a sufficient atonement for sins forever. It now signified that the way into the Holy of Holies was open for all people, for all time, both Jew and gentile.\u00a0 When Jesus died, the veil was torn, and God moved out of that place never again to dwell in a Temple made with hands (Acts 17:24). God was through with that Temple and its religious system and worship forever, and the Temple and Jerusalem was left \u201cdesolate\u201d (destroyed by the Romans) in 70 A.D. just as Jesus prophesied it would in Luke 13:35. As long as the Temple stood, it signified the continuation of the Old Covenant. Hebrews 9:8-9 indicates that the way to the sanctuary was not yet open \u201cas long as the outer tent\u201d still stood, being symbolic of \u201cthe present age.\u201d The \u201cpresent age\u201d refers to the age that was passing away even as the New Covenant was being established (Hebrews 8:13).\u00a0 In a sense, the veil was symbolic of Christ, Himself. Christ is the only way to the Father. (John 14:6) This is symbolized in the fact that the High Priest had to enter the Holy of Holies through the veil. Now Christ is our more superior High Priest, and as believers in the finished work of Jesus we partake of His better priesthood. We can now enter the Holy of Holies by Him. Hebrews 10:19-20 says that the faithful enter into the sanctuary by the \u201cblood of Jesus, by the new and living way which he opened for us through the veil, that is, through his flesh.\u201d\u00a0 The veil being rent from top to bottom is a fact of history. The profound significance of this event is explained in glorious detail in the Letter to the Hebrews. These things were shadows of things to come, and they all ultimately point us to Jesus Christ. He was the veil to the Holy of Holies, and through His death, the faithful now have free access to God.\u00a0 The veil in the Temple was a constant reminder that sin renders humanity unfit for the presence of God. The fact that the sin offering was offered annually and countless other sacrifices repeated daily was meant to show graphically that sin could not truly and permanently be atoned for or erased by mere animal sacrifices. Jesus Christ, through His death, has removed the barriers between God and man, and now we may approach Him with confidence and boldness (Hebrews 4:14-16).\u00a0 <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\n<li>Scriptural Comparison: Hebrews 9:1-9 tells us that in the Temple\na veil separated the Holy of Holies where God dwelt from the rest of the Temple where men dwelt.\nThis signified that man was separated from God by sin (Isaiah 59:1-2). Only the\nHigh Priest was permitted to pass beyond this veil once each year (Exodus\n30:10; Hebrews 9:7), enter into God&#8217;s presence for all of Israel, and\nmake atonement for their sins (Leviticus 16).&nbsp;\nThe veil is a direct reference to the Inner Veil which separated the\nHoly Place form the Holy of Holies in the temple specifically at Jerusalem \u2013\nMt. 27:51; Mk. 15:38; Lk. 23:45; Heb. 9:3.&nbsp;\nMetaphorically, Hebrews 10:20 is quite clear that this speaks of the\nflesh of Jesus Christ, rent on Calvary at the\nvery time that the veil in the temple was rent.&nbsp;\nThis is a fact that could not have been lost upon the Jewish religious\nhierarchy, yet they continued to actively undermine the evidence of Jesus as\nthe Christ.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\n<li>Conclusion: Interestingly,\nMatthew is the 40th book of the Bible.&nbsp;In scripture, 40 is the number of\ntesting.&nbsp;The flood lasted 40 days and 40 nights.&nbsp;The freed Israelites\nwandered 40 years in the desert under Moses.&nbsp;Jesus was tempted by Satan\nfor 40 days in the wilderness.&nbsp;The book of Matthew is written for the\nJewish people, God\u2019s own chosen nation.&nbsp;Will they recognize the fulfillment\nof prophecy and believe in Christ?&nbsp;This gospel, written for the people who\nshould have recognized the Son of God first, becomes a test of their faith.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matthew 27:50-51: Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. 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