Religion & Spirituality
We all know what a veil is- it covers something.--All the fullness of the Godhead was in Jesus, but the Bible says Christ's flesh was a kind of veil because it masked his glory.--The high priest used to go through the veil of the temple into the -holy of holies- to offer up a sacrifice to God for the people's sins. Similarly, Jesus left heaven, went through the veil of his flesh and entered the real holy of holies- heaven itself. And he did that to offer himself.--At the moment Jesus died, the veil in the temple was torn. It symbolised how Christ had removed the barrier that existed, opening the way for people to have a truly intimate relationship with God. All who throw themselves on the mercy of God and accept Christ as their saviour have this special access to God.--We note secondarily how the tearing of the temple veil continued the anti-temple motif of Mark's gospel. Temple Judaism would soon be destroyed.