The Curtain
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๐๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ช๐น๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฏโ๐ด ๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ง๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ธ๐ฐ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ถ๐ด, ๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฅ ๐ท๐ฐ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ, ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ, โ๐๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ช๐ต ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ต!โ ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ต. ๐๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ข๐ธ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ, ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ, ๐ด๐ข๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, โ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต!โ ๐๐จ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฏ:๐ฐ๐ฐโ๐ฐ๐ณ
Read also ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฒ:๐ฏ๐ญโ๐ฏ๐ฏ; ๐ ๐๐ง๐ง๐๐๐ช ๐ฎ๐ณ:๐ฑ๐ญโ๐ฑ๐ฐ; ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ญ๐ฑ:๐ฎ๐ฎโ๐ฏ๐ด; ๐๐ข๐๐ก ๐ญ๐ต:๐ญ๐ณโ๐ฏ๐ฌ; ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ช๐ฆ ๐ฐ:๐ญ๐ฒ; ๐ญ๐ฌ:๐ญ๐ตโ๐ฎ๐ฎ.ย
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The tabernacle in Mosesโ time and the temple in Solomonโs time represent Godโs desire to dwell among and fellowship with His people. Its furnishings were meant to remind them of the garden of Eden where man enjoyed fellowship with God. The separation among those who could access the tabernacle and the temple is a clear depiction of Godโs holiness and manโs sinfulness. There was a curtain that separated the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place (Exodus 26:31โ33). It was adorned with cherubim, representing the cherubim who were placed to guard the entrance to the garden of Eden after sin had entered the world. This showed that access to Godโs presence was denied and restricted. God is holy and morally pure; man is not. Therefore, man cannot just enter Godโs presence.ย
Once a year, only the high priest could enter the Most Holy Place and offer sacrifices to atone for the sins of the people. This high priest was to be blameless before God. Otherwise, if he were found lacking, he would be pulled out dead by the rope attached to his foot. For non-Hebrews like us, we would never have gotten access to the tabernacle. Thatโs why, left to ourselves, we would all be in our sin, unable to save ourselves.ย
But God loves His creation and He did not want us to be separated from Him for all eternity. God did not send just anyone to make the impossible possible. He sent Jesus, who is the perfect High Priest who presented the sacrifice to God. And that sacrifice was Himselfโthe perfect Lamb of God.ย
The tearing of the curtain in the temple when Jesus was on the cross proves Godโs love and desire to be with His creation. This symbolizes the removal of the barrier between God and humanity, allowing believers direct access to His presence. The tearing of the curtain in the temple is one of the few events recorded in all four Gospels. Two of the Gospels mention that the curtain was torn from top to bottom. If the four gospel writers deemed this event crucial, then we must take the time to understand its deeper implications. The torn curtain shows us that our salvation is Godโs initiative and plan. His finished work allows us to enter His throne of grace.ย
When Jesus uttered the words, โ๐๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฅ,โ He was declaring that the promise had been fulfilled and the ultimate sacrifice had been made. Because Jesus is the ultimate sacrifice and the lamb that was slain, we no longer need to make sacrifices to pay for our sins. Jesusโ complete work grants us complete access to God. The torn curtain signifies that believers now have direct access to God through Jesusโ sacrifice (Hebrews 4:16; 10:19โ22). ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐, ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ณ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐น๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ. He made the way for us, and we now have full access to God and can enjoy fellowship with Him daily.
โIโve Found a Wayโ by Paul Rader
๐๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ข๐บ
๐๐ช๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ ๐ด๐ข๐บ?
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ-๐ค๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ
๐๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ถ๐ด, ๐ฎ๐บ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ
๐โ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐโ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ท๐ฆ๐ช๐ญ
๐๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐๐ช๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ธโ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ ๐ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ท๐ข๐ช๐ญ
๐ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฅ
๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ
๐๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ
๐๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ข ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐จ๐ถ๐ฏ
๐๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ถ๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ
๐๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ค๐ฃ๐
โข What barriers did God remove in your life when He revealed Himself to you? Does something still try to hinder you from knowing and walking with Him? Ask God to reveal this to you and determine what you need to do in order to approach God unhindered.ย
โข Jesus is both the perfect High Priest and the perfect sacrifice for our sins. What is your response to this and how should this affect your life and relationships?ย
โข Drawing near to God is an active choice that does not happen automatically. Make a decision to approach God today. In prayer, confidently draw near to the throne of grace, receiving His mercy and help for all your needs. His help is timely and available for you.
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Dear God, Thank You for making a way through Jesus for us to have direct access to You. We are grateful for His sacrifice and the fellowship we now have with You. Amen.