Thematic Bible: The sacred Veil
Thematic Bible
the sacred Veil » Was rent at the death of our lord
And, behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks were split;
And the sun was darkened, and the curtain of the temple was torn in the middle.
the sacred Veil » The high priest » Allowed to enter but once a year
But into the second went the high priest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of the people:
And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron your brother, that he come not at all times into the holy place within 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 went the high priest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of the people:
Thus shall Aaron come into the holy place: 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 plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he has no stately form nor splendor; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
By a new and living way, which he has consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
the sacred Veil » Hung between the holy and most holy place
And you shall hang up the veil from the clasps, that you may bring in there within the veil the ark of the testimony: and the veil shall divide unto you between the holy place and the most holy.
the sacred Veil » Made by solomon for the temple
And he made the veil of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wove cherubim into it.
the sacred Veil » Illustrative » (rending of,) of the death of Christ which opened heaven to saints
Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, By a new and living way, which he has consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
the sacred Veil » The high priest » Alone allowed to enter within
Now when these things were thus prepared, the priests went always into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the service of God. But into the second went the high priest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of the people:
the sacred Veil » Suspended from four pillars of shittim wood overlaid with gold
And you shall hang it upon four pillars of acacia wood overlaid with gold: their hooks shall be of gold, upon the four sockets of silver.
the sacred Veil » Made by bezaleel for the tabernacle
And he made a veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cherubim made he it of skillful work.
the sacred Veil » Moses commanded to make
And you shall make a veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of skillful work: with cherubim shall it be made:
the sacred Veil » Illustrative » Of the obscurity of the mosaic dispensation
The Holy Spirit this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while the first tabernacle was yet standing: