Exodus 26:33
And you shall hang the veil from the clasps, and bring the ark of the testimony in there within the veil. And the veil shall separate for you the Holy Place from the Most Holy.
Tag: Access to God
When God instructed Moses and Aaron to build the Tabernacle for the people of Israel God was giving them a pattern that showed them how to approach God. The New Testament book of Hebrews is a breakdown of some of those patterns telling us how they are pictures for us today as we approach Christ. The above verse is part of that picture or pattern. The Israelites were to construct a tabernacle that consisted of a "Most Holy" place (were God dwelt) and a place called, the "Holy Place." The "Holy Place" as the outer room were the Lampstand, the Showbread, the Table, etc were held. The "Most Holy" place (or Holy of Holies) was were the Mercy Seat and Alter were held. Only the high priest was allowed into the Most Holy place. Other priest had access to the Holy Place, but once a year the High Priest was allowed to enter into the place where God dwelt. He would there, offer sacrifices for the people, year after year after year. This Veil was to keep the two rooms separated. When Christ died on the cross, at the very minute he died, the veil (curtain) was torn from top to bottom:
Matthew 27:51
And behold, the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. And the earth shook, and the rocks were split.
So, it is at that time that God gave us access to Himself, through Christ, by removing the veil:
Hebrews 10:19-22
Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh, and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
We can now enter the Holy of Holies to speak to God because Christ made a way. The Israelites were asked to construct the very veil that would keep them from God. Christ would then destroy the veil to give them access to God.
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