Thematic Bible: The sacred Veil
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the sacred Veil » Was rent at the death of our lord
And behold, the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. And the earth shook, and the rocks were split.
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while the sun's light failed. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two.
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And the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom.
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the sacred Veil » The high priest » Allowed to enter but once a year
but into the second only the high priest goes, and he but once a year, and not without taking blood, which he offers for himself and for the unintentional sins of the people.
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and the LORD said to Moses, "Tell Aaron your brother not to come at any time into the Holy Place inside the veil, before the mercy seat that is on the ark, so that he may not die. For I will appear in the cloud over the mercy seat.
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the sacred Veil » The high priest » Could not enter without blood
but into the second only the high priest goes, and he but once a year, and not without taking blood, which he offers for himself and for the unintentional sins of the people.
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But in this way Aaron shall come into the Holy Place: with a bull from the herd for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering.
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the sacred Veil » Illustrative » Of the flesh of Christ which concealed his divinity
For he grew up before him like a young plant, and like a root out of dry ground; he had no form or majesty that we should look at him, and no beauty that we should desire him.
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by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh,
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the sacred Veil » Hung between the holy and most holy place
And you shall hang the veil from the clasps, and bring the ark of the testimony in there within the veil. And the veil shall separate for you the Holy Place from the Most Holy.
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Behind the second curtain was a second section called the Most Holy Place,
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the sacred Veil » Made by solomon for the temple
And he made the veil of blue and purple and crimson fabrics and fine linen, and he worked cherubim on it.
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the sacred Veil » Illustrative » (rending of,) of the death of Christ which opened heaven to saints
Therefore, brothers, since 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,
the sacred Veil » The high priest » Alone allowed to enter within
These preparations having thus been made, the priests go regularly into the first section, performing their ritual duties, but into the second only the high priest goes, and he but once a year, and not without taking blood, which he offers for himself and for the unintentional sins of the people.
the sacred Veil » Suspended from four pillars of shittim wood overlaid with gold
And you shall hang it on four pillars of acacia overlaid with gold, with hooks of gold, on four bases of silver.
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the sacred Veil » Made by bezaleel for the tabernacle
He made the veil of blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen; with cherubim skillfully worked into it he made it.
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the sacred Veil » Moses commanded to make
"And you shall make a veil of blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen. It shall be made with cherubim skillfully worked into it.
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the sacred Veil » Illustrative » Of the obscurity of the mosaic dispensation
By this the Holy Spirit indicates that the way into the holy places is not yet opened as long as the first section is still standing
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the sacred Veil » Designed to conceal the ark, mercy-seat, and the symbol of the divine presence
And you shall put in it the ark of the testimony, and you shall screen the ark with the veil.
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