The Curtain Torn

And behold, the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom." Notice the details: 1) Jesus died, 2) the enormous 45 to foot high, four inch thick.
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  • Why the tearing of the temple curtain is a bad thing;
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Thank you for your most helpful response to my question. Hello Jack, This a great article, something that I think all believers should understand. Especially with the Easter season fast approaching, it is great to meditate upon how blessed we are to have direct access to God through Jesus our Savior.


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Your articles have been an inspiration to so many and your knowledge of the Bible continually blesses our readers and me. So happy to be co-laboring with you brother. The messenger is nothing! The message is everything. Thanks for explaining so simply, even this dense skull can comprehend!

Can you explain the following in Luke Infection around catheter, used for home dialysis. Always in Christ, Jesus…. I can see the strong work of the Holy Spirit in you for you have such a hunger for the Word of God and that is fruit that bears your being saved…not that I had doubts but few Christians today seem to want to study the Bible and this seems wrong.

So my compliments on that. As for Luke But those who are considered worthy of taking part in the age to come and in the resurrection from the dead will neither marry nor be given in marriage, and they can no longer die; for they are like the angels. God bless you, Thomas! Thank You so much Patricia. Such a great kindness. I came back to Mr. Wellmans message this afternoon because I was feeling alone and so unworthy.

Your message has helped lift some of the weight off my heart. I feel like we just had a conversation between two friends. I agree totally with Mr. I need soooo much help when trying to better understand many scriptures. I will pray for Your Husband and Your Family.

Tearing Of The Temple Curtain: Why Was This Significant?

Thanks so much for your quick reply, Pastor Jack! Being hearing-impaired, I DID miss out of many things. Continuing from above…for some reason, my hitting a wrong key, most likely, reply got posted before I could finish. Changed the online bible study to the New English Version. I understood your explanation completely!

Thank you again, Pastor Jack! Going to reply to Thomas Bowers above. Your reply was sweet. As for friends, I choose ones who accept me as I am. Who needs negative feedback from others, right? All the writers of articles with Scripture passages are truly inspired by the Holy Spirit, but Pastor Jack is my favorite. Also, thanks so much for prayers for my hubby, Gary.

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His spirits are overall up, but oh, I miss him! So does our beagle, Sherry! Reminder, you are in my daily prayer journal, Thomas! Thank Sir you have really enlightened my spirit now I understand why the curtain was torn, I have got a right to stand in the presence of God without guilty conscious. Thank you Ntuthuko for your gracious words. We have no right to stand before God but only because that Jesus became sin for us and that God sees us as having His righteousness 2 Cor 5: I love this site!!!!!!!!!

I had asked for prayer and I know you all did for me , see another person has asked , I will remember him in prayer too with all of you. Thank you so much Nicholas. Charles Stanley is rock solid as a teacher and pastor. Great to know you listen to him. I myself have done not enough for our Savior and to Him, all I owe I could never repay.

What was the purpose of the ancient temples? Thank you Kevin for your question sir. The purpose of the temple was to make offerings for sin and it was an ongoing process sins Hebrews states it is not possible that the blood of bulls and goats could take away the sins of the people. Today, Christians are the temple of the Holy Spirit for He dwells in those who have put their trust in Christ. I pray I answered your questions adequately.

Have added you and your co-workers to my Prayer Board, a list of folks I daily pray for? You sound like you have a beautiful soul, Nicholas! However I think your conclusions fall down in three areas:. The emphasis is on the effectiveness of Jesus providing access for us.

More can be said from elsewhere in Hebrews that the curtain functioned a barrier to humans accessing God. This is an assumption you make without backing it up. For these reasons I would have to disagree with your conclusion that the tearing of the temple curtain is a bad thing. I would argue that it symbolises one of the great benefits of Jesus death. Thanks for your thoughts, Nigel.

I agree with your first two points.

Tearing Of The Temple Curtain: Why Was This Significant?

You seem to acknowledge that there are symbols associated with the destruction of the temple and the judgement associated with this, but you see the temple curtain as being somehow separate to this? Also, the final objection you offer is one based on silence: But I have to disagree with that kind of logic, as it assumes something must be overtly discussed in at least two places for it to be real. The main argument is that within the flow of the Gospels themselves, Jesus is enacting judgement on Israel.

There is salvation to be found in this, but we must not lose sight of the judgement that Jesus brings. It spells curtains for old covenant Israel. However, if grouped together with the other events that are being depicted, which it is they all add up to something much more awesome than judgment on Israel — it is that God has just acted powerfully in history through the death of His perfectly obedient Son, to achieve the single greatest goal of His Kingdom — the salvation of humanity through the judgment on sin that brings us back into the presence of God and gives life eternal to all who believe.

The tombs broke open and the bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life. His fear stemmed from this revelation, not from a prophetic sign that pointed to judgment coming to Israel. I think this also makes sense in light of Matt. In Acts 16 we read of another earthquake after Paul and Silas had been worshipping the Lord in prison, where the foundations of the prison are shaken. This type of earthquake also appears many times throughout the book of Revelation and in particular in Revelation 8 where it is a result of the prayers of the saints being mixed with incense and fire from the altar and then being hurled to the earth — these earthquakes are all related to the immense power involved when great actions of the Kingdom of God are taking place.

I believe therefore, that the tearing of the curtain, the earthquake, the tombs breaking open and the saints coming to life are symbolic of what I mentioned previously ie. There is something much bigger here than the judgment coming to Israel and the destruction coming to the temple in AD.

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Thanks for your thoughts, Darien. But the salvation that occurs is a new thing. It is a new covenant that is established because the old covenant is being brought to an end. And the announcement of the kingdom is given to Israel. Jesus throughout Matthew is portrayed as a new Moses—the broker of a new covenant. He survives as an infant despite the attempts of a monarch to take his life. He comes out of Egypt. He gathers a group of twelve around him. But in the background of all this is the failure of the nation to repent. However, there is the small faithful remnant of Israel that gathers around him that listen to his voice and survive the cataclysm to come—the destruction of the nation and its temple.

From there, the new covenant is preached to all nations. But this can only occur because judgement has been flagged for the old covenant people of God.

There is both judgement and salvation. However, the tearing of the curtain is very specifically on the judgement side of the ledger. The temple is to be destroyed as part of the judgement. However, even within this there is ultimately a good outcome, because the new covenant does require a temple building anyway see Hebrews.

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The earth shook, the rocks split New Living Translation At that moment the curtain in the sanctuary of the Temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. The earth shook, rocks split apart, English Standard Version And behold, the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. And the earth shook, and the rocks were split. Berean Study Bible At that moment the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth quaked and the rocks were split. Berean Literal Bible And behold, the veil of the temple was torn into two from top to bottom. And the earth was shaken, and the rocks were split.