What was the significance of the temple veil being torn in two when Jesus died?

Quasar92 · Oct 3, 2017

During the lifetime of Jesus, the holy temple in Jerusalem was the center of Jewish religious life. The temple was the place where animal sacrifices were carried out and worship according to the Law of Moses was followed faithfully.Hebrews 9:1-9tells us that in the temple a veil separated the Holy of Holies—the earthly dwelling place of God’s presence—from the rest of the temple where men dwelt. This signified that man was separated from God by sin (Isaiah 59:1-2). Only the high priest was permitted to pass beyond this veil once each year (Exodus 30:10;Hebrews 9:7) to enter into God's presence for all of Israel and make atonement for their sins (Leviticus 16).Solomon's temple was 30 cubits high (1 Kings 6:2), but Herod had increased the height to 40 cubits, according to the writings of Josephus, a first century Jewish historian. There is uncertainty as to the exact measurement of a cubit, but it is safe to assume that this veil was somewhere near 60 feet high.

Josephus also tells us that the veil was four inches thick and that horses tied to each side could not pull the veil apart. The book of Exodus teaches that this thick veil was fashioned from blue, purple and scarlet material and fine twisted linen.The size and thickness of the veil makes the events occurring at the moment of Jesus’ death on the cross so much more momentous. “And when Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, he gave up his spirit. At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom” (Matthew 27:50-51a).So, what do we make of this? What significance does this torn veil have for us today? Above all, the tearing of the veil at the moment of Jesus' death dramatically symbolized that His sacrifice, the shedding of His own blood, was a sufficient atonement for sins. It signified that now the way into the Holy of Holies was open for all people, for all time, both Jew and Gentile.When Jesus died, the veil was torn, and God moved out of that place never again to dwell in a temple made with hands (Acts 17:24).

God was through with that temple and its religious system, and the temple and Jerusalem were left “desolate” (destroyed by the Romans) in A.D. 70, just as Jesus prophesied inLuke 13:35. As long as the temple stood, it signified the continuation of the Old Covenant.Hebrews 9:8-9refers to the age that was passing away as the new covenant was being established (Hebrews 8:13).In a sense, the veil was symbolic of Christ Himself as the only way to the Father (John 14:6). This is indicated by the fact that the high priest had to enter the Holy of Holies through the veil. Now Christ is our superior High Priest, and as believers in His finished work, we partake of His better priesthood. We can now enter the Holy of Holies through Him.Hebrews 10:19-20says that the faithful enter into the sanctuary by the “blood of Jesus, by the new and living way which he opened for us through the veil, that is, through his flesh.” Here we see the image of Jesus’ flesh being torn for us just as He was tearing the veil for us.The veil being torn from top to bottom is a fact of history. The profound significance of this event is explained in glorious detail in Hebrews.

The things of the temple were shadows of things to come, and they all ultimately point us to Jesus Christ. He was the veil to the Holy of Holies, and through His death the faithful now have free access to God.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 annually and countless other sacrifices repeated daily showed graphically that sin could not truly be atoned for or erased by mere animal sacrifices. Jesus Christ, through His death, has removed the barriers between God and man, and now we may approach Him with confidence and boldness (Hebrews 4:14-16)

.Recommended Resource:Bible Answers for Almost all Your Questions by Elmer Towns.

Source: gotquestions.org

Quasar92

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LittleLambofJesus · Oct 3, 2017

What was the significance of the temple veil being torn in two when Jesus died?

Quasar92 said:
During the lifetime of Jesus, the holy temple in Jerusalem was the center of Jewish religious life. The temple was the place where animal sacrifices were carried out and worship according to the Law of Moses was followed faithfully.Hebrews 9:1-9tells us that in the temple a veil separated the Holy of Holies—the earthly dwelling place of God’s presence—from the rest of the temple where men dwelt.

Good thread.
I think it was to show the OC Priesthood that God no longer no longer needed or wanted their services. Out with the OLD, in with the NEW.....

That actual word should be "Sanctuary/Tabernacle" which was inside the Temple.
[The word for "Temple" is never once mentioned in Revelation.]

Genesis 1:1 (YLT)
"sanctuary" occurs 197 times in 186 verses in the YLT.

YLT] Mat 27:51
and lo, the vail of the sanctuary was rent in two from top unto bottom, and the earth did quake, and the rocks were rent,

Matthew 27:51 Commentaries: And behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; and the earth shook and the rocks were split.

As I suppose we are all aware, the Jewish Temple was divided into three parts: the Outer Court, open to all;
the Holy Place, to which the ministering priests had daily access to burn incense and trim the lamps;
and the Holy of Holies, where only the High Priest was permitted to go, and that but once a year, on the great Day of Atonement.
For the other three hundred and sixty-four days the shrine lay silent, untrodden, dark. Between it and the less sacred Holy Place hung the veil, whose heavy folds only one man was permitted to lift or to pass...............

I am guessing that the Altar being measured in Reve 11:1 is the "Golden Altar of Incense"?

Revelation 11:
1 And was given to me a reed like-as rod saying "rouse! and measure! the Sanctuary of the God and the Altar and those worshiping in it.
2 and the Court/fold outside of the Sanctuary, be Casting-Out! out-side and no it thou should be measuring..........

Notice Reve 15:8. It is not the Temple, but the Sanctuary/Tabernacle.

Reve 15:8
and filled was the sanctuary with smoke from the glory of God, and from His power, and no one was able to enter into the sanctuary till the seven plagues of the seven messengers may be finished.

Studies In The Scriptures - Tabernacle Shadows - Chapter 1

The Camp--The Court--The Tabernacle--The Brazen Altar--The Laver-- The Table--The Lampstand--The Golden Altar--The Mercy Seat and Ark--The Gate--The First Veil--The Second Veil--The Significance of These and Their Antitypes.

mukk_in · Oct 4, 2017

Quasar92 said:
During the lifetime of Jesus, the holy temple in Jerusalem was the center of Jewish religious life. The temple was the place where animal sacrifices were carried out and worship according to the Law of Moses was followed faithfully.Hebrews 9:1-9tells us that in the temple a veil separated the Holy of Holies—the earthly dwelling place of God’s presence—from the rest of the temple where men dwelt. This signified that man was separated from God by sin (Isaiah 59:1-2). Only the high priest was permitted to pass beyond this veil once each year (Exodus 30:10;Hebrews 9:7) to enter into God's presence for all of Israel and make atonement for their sins (Leviticus 16).Solomon's temple was 30 cubits high (1 Kings 6:2), but Herod had increased the height to 40 cubits, according to the writings of Josephus, a first century Jewish historian. There is uncertainty as to the exact measurement of a cubit, but it is safe to assume that this veil was somewhere near 60 feet high.

Josephus also tells us that the veil was four inches thick and that horses tied to each side could not pull the veil apart. The book of Exodus teaches that this thick veil was fashioned from blue, purple and scarlet material and fine twisted linen.The size and thickness of the veil makes the events occurring at the moment of Jesus’ death on the cross so much more momentous. “And when Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, he gave up his spirit. At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom” (Matthew 27:50-51a).So, what do we make of this? What significance does this torn veil have for us today? Above all, the tearing of the veil at the moment of Jesus' death dramatically symbolized that His sacrifice, the shedding of His own blood, was a sufficient atonement for sins. It signified that now the way into the Holy of Holies was open for all people, for all time, both Jew and Gentile.When Jesus died, the veil was torn, and God moved out of that place never again to dwell in a temple made with hands (Acts 17:24).

God was through with that temple and its religious system, and the temple and Jerusalem were left “desolate” (destroyed by the Romans) in A.D. 70, just as Jesus prophesied inLuke 13:35. As long as the temple stood, it signified the continuation of the Old Covenant.Hebrews 9:8-9refers to the age that was passing away as the new covenant was being established (Hebrews 8:13).In a sense, the veil was symbolic of Christ Himself as the only way to the Father (John 14:6). This is indicated by the fact that the high priest had to enter the Holy of Holies through the veil. Now Christ is our superior High Priest, and as believers in His finished work, we partake of His better priesthood. We can now enter the Holy of Holies through Him.Hebrews 10:19-20says that the faithful enter into the sanctuary by the “blood of Jesus, by the new and living way which he opened for us through the veil, that is, through his flesh.” Here we see the image of Jesus’ flesh being torn for us just as He was tearing the veil for us.The veil being torn from top to bottom is a fact of history. The profound significance of this event is explained in glorious detail in Hebrews.

The things of the temple were shadows of things to come, and they all ultimately point us to Jesus Christ. He was the veil to the Holy of Holies, and through His death the faithful now have free access to God.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 annually and countless other sacrifices repeated daily showed graphically that sin could not truly be atoned for or erased by mere animal sacrifices. Jesus Christ, through His death, has removed the barriers between God and man, and now we may approach Him with confidence and boldness (Hebrews 4:14-16)

.Recommended Resource:Bible Answers for Almost all Your Questions by Elmer Towns.

Source: gotquestions.org

Quasar92

Quasar92

Another take on that is as follows: The veil separated the Holy of Holies, or the most Holiest place where the Shekinah Glory of God dwelt from sinners and commoners. Even the High Priests went in there with a rope tied to their ankle (should they die in God's Presence due to any unconfessed sin, their corpses would be yanked out). The sin offering made by the Lord ripped that separation apart and made the Most High God accessible to us commoners. Peace in Christ and thanks for the post

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LittleLambofJesus · Oct 4, 2017

mukk_in said:
Another take on that is as follows: The veil separated the Holy of Holies, or the most Holiest place where the Shekinah Glory of God dwelt from sinners and commoners. Even the High Priests went in there with a rope tied to their ankle (should they die in God's Presence due to any unconfessed sin, their corpses would be yanked out). The sin offering made by the Lord ripped that separation apart and made the Most High God accessible to us commoners. Peace in Christ and thanks for the post .

Good info.
The common priests could go thru the 1st veil into the holy place and Luke 1 actually shows the event of Zacharias going in to perform his priestly duties:

Luke 1:
5 There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest, by name Zacharias, of the course of Abijah,..............

8 And it came to pass, in his acting as priest, in the order of his course before God, 9 according to the custom of the priesthood, his lot was to make perfume, having gone into the Sanctuary of the Lord,
10 and all the multitude of the people were praying without, at the hour of the perfume.
11 And there appeared to him a Messenger of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of the perfume,

W2L · Oct 4, 2017

Jesus is the temple now, no need for a house built by human hands.

LittleLambofJesus · Oct 5, 2017

W2L said:
Jesus is the temple now, no need for a house built by human hands.

Yes, that is correct:

Young) 1 Corinthians 3:16 have ye not known that ye are a sanctuary/naon <3485> of God, and the Spirit of God doth dwell in you?

Now this just astounding.
While looking up the greek word used for the "Sanctuary" of the Temple,
it is used the same amount of times as it took the Jews to build it!

Genesis 1:1 (KJV)
Strong's Number G3485 matches the Greek ναός (naos),
which occurs 46 times in 40 verses in the Greek concordance

John2:

19 Jesus answered and said to them, 'Destroy this sanctuary, and in three days I will raise it up.'
20 The Jews therefore said, 'Forty six years was this sanctuary building,
and wilt thou in three days raise it up?'

And it only took the Romans about 5 months to destroy it:

The Destruction of Jerusalem - George Peter Holford, 1805AD

The day on which Titus encompassed Jerusalem, was the feast of the Passover.......

The Temple now presented little more than a heap of ruins ; and the Roman army as in triumph on the event,

This memorable siege terminated on the eighth day of the ninth month, A. D. 70 : its duration was nearly five months, the Romans having invested the city on the fourteenth day of the fourth month, preceeding................

For five days after the destruction of the Temple, the priests who had escaped, sat, pining with hunger, on the top of one of its broken walls; at length, they came down, and humbly asked the pardon of Titus,

Zep 3:4
Her prophets unstable -- men of treachery, Her priests have polluted the sanctuary, They have violated the law.

Yekcidmij · Jan 6, 2018

I'm of the opinion that the veil that was actually torn was the outer veil.

BobRyan · Jan 6, 2018

Quasar92 said:
During the lifetime of Jesus, the holy temple in Jerusalem was the center of Jewish religious life. The temple was the place where animal sacrifices were carried out and worship according to the Law of Moses was followed faithfully.Hebrews 9:1-9tells us that in the temple a veil separated the Holy of Holies—the earthly dwelling place of God’s presence—from the rest of the temple where men dwelt. This signified that man was separated from God by sin (Isaiah 59:1-2). Only the high priest was permitted to pass beyond this veil once each year (Exodus 30:10;Hebrews 9:7) to enter into God's presence for all of Israel and make atonement for their sins (Leviticus 16).Solomon's temple was 30 cubits high (1 Kings 6:2), but Herod had increased the height to 40 cubits, according to the writings of Josephus, a first century Jewish historian. There is uncertainty as to the exact measurement of a cubit, but it is safe to assume that this veil was somewhere near 60 feet high.

Josephus also tells us that the veil was four inches thick and that horses tied to each side could not pull the veil apart. The book of Exodus teaches that this thick veil was fashioned from blue, purple and scarlet material and fine twisted linen.The size and thickness of the veil makes the events occurring at the moment of Jesus’ death on the cross so much more momentous. “And when Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, he gave up his spirit. At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom” (Matthew 27:50-51a).So, what do we make of this? What significance does this torn veil have for us today? Above all, the tearing of the veil at the moment of Jesus' death dramatically symbolized that His sacrifice, the shedding of His own blood, was a sufficient atonement for sins. It signified that now the way into the Holy of Holies was open for all people, for all time, both Jew and Gentile.When Jesus died, the veil was torn, and God moved out of that place never again to dwell in a temple made with hands (Acts 17:24).

God was through with that temple and its religious system, and the temple and Jerusalem were left “desolate” (destroyed by the Romans) in A.D. 70, just as Jesus prophesied inLuke 13:35. As long as the temple stood, it signified the continuation of the Old Covenant.Hebrews 9:8-9refers to the age that was passing away as the new covenant was being established (Hebrews 8:13).In a sense, the veil was symbolic of Christ Himself as the only way to the Father (John 14:6). This is indicated by the fact that the high priest had to enter the Holy of Holies through the veil. Now Christ is our superior High Priest, and as believers in His finished work, we partake of His better priesthood. We can now enter the Holy of Holies through Him.Hebrews 10:19-20says that the faithful enter into the sanctuary by the “blood of Jesus, by the new and living way which he opened for us through the veil, that is, through his flesh.” Here we see the image of Jesus’ flesh being torn for us just as He was tearing the veil for us.The veil being torn from top to bottom is a fact of history. The profound significance of this event is explained in glorious detail in Hebrews.

The things of the temple were shadows of things to come, and they all ultimately point us to Jesus Christ. He was the veil to the Holy of Holies, and through His death the faithful now have free access to God.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 annually and countless other sacrifices repeated daily showed graphically that sin could not truly be atoned for or erased by mere animal sacrifices. Jesus Christ, through His death, has removed the barriers between God and man, and now we may approach Him with confidence and boldness (Hebrews 4:14-16)

.Recommended Resource:Bible Answers for Almost all Your Questions by Elmer Towns.

Source: gotquestions.org

Quasar92

Quasar92

True - the inner veil was torn. signifying the end of the ceremonial law.

But that does not mean it is ok to murder or "take God's name in vain" ... because the moral law of God remains - that law which defines what sin is.

Romans 3:19-21
1 John 3:4
Romans 3:31

Hebrews 10 says this

4 For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and goats could take away sins.
5 Therefore, when He came into the world, He said:

“Sacrifice and offering You did not desire,
But a body You have prepared for Me.
6 In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin
You had no pleasure.
7 Then I said, ‘Behold, I have come—
In the volume of the book it is written of Me—
To do Your will, O God.’”

8 Previously saying, “Sacrifice and offering, burnt offerings, and offerings for sin You did not desire, nor had pleasure in them” (which are offered according to the law), 9 then He said, “Behold, I have come to do Your will, O God.” He takes away the first that He may establish the second. 10 By that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

11 And every priest stands ministering daily and offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.

No more earthly priesthood.
No more animal sacrifices
No more ceremonial law

Ron Gurley · Jan 8, 2018

Matthew 27:51
And behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom;
and the earth shook and the rocks were split.

the veil...Greek 2665...katapetasma...
A.the name given to the two curtains in the temple at Jerusalem,
one of them at the entrance to the temple separated the Holy Place from the outer court,
the other veiled the Holy of Holies from the Holy Place

2 Corinthians 3:16
but whenever a person turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.

Hebrews 9:24
For Christ did not enter a holy place made with hands,
a mere copy of the true one, but into heaven itself,
now to appear in the presence of God FOR us; (mediator)

Hebrews 9:15
For this reason He is the mediator of a new covenant,
so that, since a death has taken place FOR the redemption of the transgressions that were committed under the first covenant, those who have been CALLED may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.

Hebrews 12:24
and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant,
and to the sprinkled blood, which speaks better than the blood of Abel.

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