• When Jesus died on the cross, Scripture records that, among other incredible phenomena like an earthquake and the splitting of rocks, the veil in the Jewish Temple was torn in two.

• This is incredible because that veil was a 60 foot tall, 4 inch thick piece of material that hung as a barrier between the Holy of Holies, which was the dwelling place of God, and the rest of the Temple: the domain of man.

• The veil was meant not only to demarcate the holiest place of the Temple, but also, in a sense, to symbolically demonstrate the utter separateness between God and man, i.e., that because of his sinfulness, man is unfit for the presence of God. Read the rest of this entry »