Jesus Has Become the Curtain

# 751- Today's Du-votional comes from: Mr 15:38 Then the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. (Mr 15:38) Imagine that you are sitting at home on a bright sunny afternoon. Suddenly it gets dark for three hours and at the end of three hours one of the curtains in your house splits right in the middle from top to bottom. What would you be thinking? You would have to be thinking that something quite supernatural was going on. Well this is no ordinary household curtain. The Roman historian Josephus tells us that this veil was four inches thick and that horses tied to each side could not pull this veil apart! This veil separated the holiest of holies, the ark of the covenant, the very presence of God from everything else. Access to the holiest of holies was granted once a year on the Day of Atonement and only then by the high priest with the blood of atonement in his hands. This blood came from the proper sacrifice of animals. This system of sacrifice was in place to remind people that God can only be approached when sins are atoned. (Paid for) How is it possible for a curtain that is virtually indestructible to be ripped entirely in two (top to bottom) Only God could do such a thing! And why did the ripping occur at the exact same time that Jesus “breathed His last.” It can only be that God Himself is saying, “All sins are atoned!” And those who have received Christ, (repented and believed the gospel) now have forgiveness of sins and access to God! Heb 10:19,20 says, “Therefore, brethren, having boldness to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus, 20 by a new and living way which He consecrated for us, through the veil, that is, His flesh,” Jesus has become the veil! You and I must go through Him in order to see God's face. He is the Way! No one comes to the Father, except through Him (Jn 14:6)