Jesus is the Veil

Therefore, brethren, since we have a confidence to enter the holy place by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way which He inaugurated for us through the veil, that is, His flesh...let us draw near. Hebrews 10: 19-22

When I came across this passage in church yesterday, I did a double...no...a triple take. In Hebrews 6 it says He entered behind the veil...we have looked at that in past blogs...and there are all sorts of references to the veil in the temple in scriptures, some of which we have looked at. But then it says here that the veil is His flesh! What?!? So I had to stop, remember to let God's Word be truth and every man a liar, and see what God has for us here in these Words of His.

The curtain (veil) we have studied was more like a fabric wall...it was inches thick and blocked out all light and separated man from God. This just doesn't seem right in the context of Christ bringing us to God instead of separating us from Him. So how can Jesus pass through the veil as a priest did and be the veil of separation?

Well, the veil had to be gone through to get to God. There was only one way into the Holy of Holies, the very presence of God, and that was to pass through the veil. We are only able to get to God by going through Jesus...He is our only access to the Father.

The veil had to be torn for everyone to get access...before the tearing, only the priests could get in, and only with a blood offering after many cleansing rituals, etc. He had to cleanse himself first, and he and he alone could bring the sacrifice to the Lord for the people's sake. Once the veil was torn, everyone who would come to God could...and Jesus, the veil, was torn...shredded so badly He didn't even look human anymore (sorry crucifixes...you don't show the extent of His torture with a few nail holes, a crown of thorns, and a single sword wound...it was a far cry worse) according to Isaiah. Jesus was opened, rent useless on the cross like the torn curtain, so that people would know that the sacrifice to cleanse them to come into God's presence was fully made for all time and eternity.

This veil was made of linen, blue and purple and woven into it were angels, and these surrounded the holy place with cherubim. The royalty of those colors told of His kingship, and in heaven He is eternally surrounded by worshiping angels. He was eternally heavenly being sent to us in bodily form, but never ceased to be heavenly in His essence.

I am sure there are things I haven't any knowledge of that would further show how Christ is the veil...some day in heaven we will understand all of the symbols of Christ in scriptures, but until then I am made more aware of His presence in every book, every verse, of God's Word. It all points to Christ. And even if it takes a triple take, I hope to find Him there more and more with every reading.

Will you join me in that endeavor?