Judges 20:1-48; Isaiah 38:1-39:8; 1 Corinthians 15:35-58
The veil of the temple was rent in [two] from the top to the bottom. Matthew 27:51
The veil was reportedly 30 feet wide and 60 feet high. Furthermore, it was said to be between 9 and 18 inches thick. The veil was hung on supports raised between the Holy Place and the Most Holy Place. Imagine the distress among the priests when this barrier was torn, top to bottom, exposing the sacred place that was death to enter for anyone except the High Priest once a year. Now it was wide open. Jewish tradition records that the priests sewed this massive furnishing back up again! God opened the way; man hastily barred it. Let’s celebrate that the new and living way is open forever and cannot be closed by anything. —M. MacMullen
The veil is rent! Lo, Jesus stands, before the throne of grace.
And clouds of incense from His hands fill all that glorious place. —J. Deck