I found this online - It's an interesting website, not had enough time to fully read it, but here's the link and the piece of relevance:
http://www.terryhall.org/articles/yom%20kippur.htm
In the ancient temple days God gave a sign by the scarlet thread turning white symbolizing He accepted their Yom Kippur sacrifices; is this seen with Jesus? Absolutely, according to John 19:33-34, after Jesus had died a soldier pierced His side, which poured out blood then water (scarlet turned to white.) It was also around this time in Jewish history that some rather bizarre events transpired as noted by Jewish historians. The Babylonian Talmud (Rabbinic Judaism commentary) states:
"Our Rabbis taught: During the last forty years before the destruction of the Temple ... the scarlet thread did not become white, nor did the western lamp shine; and the doors of the Holy of Holies would fling themselves open of their own accord..."
We know the Temple was destroyed in 70 AD, so forty years prior would be precisely the time that our Redeemer offered Himself as the Supreme Atoning Sacrifice. No, the scarlet thread on the Temple would no longer turn white, the candlestick that was closest to the Ark of the Covenant, that always stayed lit because of the presence of God, refused to burn, the doors of the Holy of Holies in which the presence of God dwelt above the Mercy Seat on the Ark flung themselves open. Why? Because the Glory of God had departed the Temple, no longer would God dwell in a man made temple, rather He dwells in you and me; and no longer would animal sacrifices for sins be accepted. Only through the blood of Jesus are we atoned for.
Peace in Christ!
