Thematic Bible: The sacred Veil
Thematic Bible
the sacred Veil » Was rent at the death of our lord
And lo, the veil of the temple was rent in two from the top to the bottom, and the earth was shaken, and the rocks were rent,
And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple rent in the midst.
the sacred Veil » The high priest » Allowed to enter but once a year
but into the second, the high priest only, once a year, not without blood, which he offers for himself and for the errors of the people:
and Jehovah said to Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the sanctuary inside the veil before the mercy-seat which is upon the ark, that he die not; for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy-seat.
the sacred Veil » The high priest » Could not enter without blood
but into the second, the high priest only, once a year, not without blood, which he offers for himself and for the errors of the people:
In this manner shall Aaron come into the sanctuary: with a young bullock for a sin-offering, and a ram for a burnt-offering.
the sacred Veil » Illustrative » Of the flesh of Christ which concealed his divinity
For he shall grow up before him as a tender sapling, and as a root out of dry ground: he hath no form nor lordliness, and when we see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
the new and living way which he has dedicated for us through the veil, that is, his flesh,
the sacred Veil » Hung between the holy and most holy place
And thou shalt bring the veil under the clasps, and bring in thither, inside the veil, the ark of the testimony; and the curtain shall make a division to you between the holy place and the holiest of all.
the sacred Veil » Made by solomon for the temple
And he made the veil of blue, and purple, and crimson, and byssus, and made cherubim upon it.
the sacred Veil » Illustrative » (rending of,) of the death of Christ which opened heaven to saints
Having therefore, brethren, boldness for entering into the holy of holies by the blood of Jesus, the new and living way which he has dedicated for us through the veil, that is, his flesh,
the sacred Veil » The high priest » Alone allowed to enter within
Now these things being thus ordered, into the first tabernacle the priests enter at all times, accomplishing the services; but into the second, the high priest only, once a year, not without blood, which he offers for himself and for the errors of the people:
the sacred Veil » Suspended from four pillars of shittim wood overlaid with gold
And thou shalt attach it to four pillars of acacia-wood overlaid with gold, their hooks of gold; they shall be on four bases of silver.
the sacred Veil » Made by bezaleel for the tabernacle
And he made the veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined byssus: of artistic work he made it with cherubim.
the sacred Veil » Moses commanded to make
And thou shalt make a veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined byssus; of artistic work shall it be made, with cherubim.
the sacred Veil » Illustrative » Of the obscurity of the mosaic dispensation
the Holy Spirit shewing this, that the way of the holy of holies has not yet been made manifest while as yet the first tabernacle has its standing;
the sacred Veil » Designed to conceal the ark, mercy-seat, and the symbol of the divine presence
And thou shalt put in it the ark of the testimony, and shalt cover the ark with the veil.