The Veil was Torn
I am so thankful today and still overwhelmed from yesterday, at the sacrifice Jesus made for me, and for you. However, I feel convicted to dwell on the sacrifice everyday, not just at Easter time. Something that was particularly powerful to me, from yesterday was a part of a song that said, "You tore the veil, you made a way, when you said that it was done." God tore the veil. He destroyed the "old" covenant, so that the "new" covenant could be established. Before Jesus died on the cross, people had to go to the temple, and had to talk to God through the High Priest, and God dwelled in the Holy of Holies, inside the temple. But once the veil was torn, it signified that man no longer had to go to the temple, and go through a priest to reach God. He was now accessible to everyone and anyone who wanted Him. The veil in the temple was a constant reminder that sin renders humanity unfit for the presence of God. The fact that the sin offering was offered