You know what one of my most favorite parts of the Easter story is? It's something very easily read over quickly & passed up as an afterthought of the main event of Jesus dying for the sins of mankind & being resurrected from the grave. It's found in Matthew 27:51:
At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom.
Just after Jesus gave His final breath, the heavy woven curtain {sometimes referred to as a "veil"} that separated the Holy of Holies from the rest of the temple was ripped like a piece of tissue paper. Back in the day, if you wanted to meet with God, the Holy of Holies was the place to go. It was the Lord's sacred dwelling place among His people. The only problem was only one guy got to enter, & then only once a year. The high priest of the day would enter yearly to make atonement for the sins of the people. It was not a place for the masses, that is, not until Jesus' perfect sacrifice. Christ's death now makes it possible for you & I to meet with God - to confess our sins to Him & receive full forgiveness through His Son - & we don't even have to make a trip to the temple! The torn curtain is just another reason for rejoicing at God's amazing redemptive story for His people & the relationship He desires to have with each & every one of us!
Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, by a new & living way opened for us through the curtain, that is, His body, & since we have a great Priest over the house of God, let us draw near to God with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience & having our bodies washed with pure water.
-Hebrews 10:19-22
Happy Easter to you & yours! May we continue to draw near to Him & rejoice in His closeness!
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