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March 11, 2008 by craig.
“Jesus shouted again with a loud voice and gave up His spirit. Suddenly, the curtain of the sanctuary was split in two from top to bottom.”
- Matt 27:50-51a (HCSB)
This curtain was the great physical division between the Holy Place in the Jerusalem Temple and the Most Holy Place. Literally in the original biblical language, the curtain was torn “from above, all the way to the lowest bottom.”
What was happening here? An act of God, fulfilling the requirement He Himself had set up. Honoring His holiness and at the same time breaking through with His love. God Himself was fulfilling what He had promised through the prophet Ezekiel: “My dwelling place will be with them; I will be their God, and they will be My people (Ezek 37:27, HCSB).”
Only God could make that right; only God could do away with the great gulf that sin had caused. And in a beautiful living picture of His mighty action, He separated the separation by tearing the curtain of division … from above, all the way to the very lowest bottom.
I believe that makes room for you & me.
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