Matt.27:50-53 – And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice, and yielded up His spirit.
Then, behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; and the earth quaked, and the rocks were split, and the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised; and coming out of the graves after His resurrection, they went into the holy city and appeared to many.
The tearing of the veil in the temple told us everything we need to know about the death of Christ. There it was, the plan and mercy of good on full display with those who had open hearts to the love of God. Our sins had separated all of us from God since those days in the garden so long ago. The veil in the temple was there to serve as a barrier to us, no one could approach a holy God because ours sins were in the way. Christ’s death on the cross ended all of that, the way into fellowship with our loving God and been opened, Christ had died to save sinners. Now all of us can come into a place of intimacy with God by the blood of Jesus. Here is how Spurgeon describes this.
“The veil of the temple rent in twain from the top to the bottom As if shocked at the sacrilegious murder of her Lord, the temple rent her garments, like one stricken with horror at some stupendous crime. The body of Christ being rent, the veil of the temple was torn in twain from the top to the bottom. Now was there an entrance made into the holiest of all, by the blood of Jesus; and a way of access to God was opened for every sinner who trusted in Christ’s atoning sacrifice.
See what marvels accompanied and followed the death of Christ: The earth did quake, and, the rocks rent; and the graves were opened. Thus did the material world pay homage to him whom man had rejected; while nature’s convulsions foretold what will happen when Christ’s voice once more shakes not the earth only, but also heaven.”
The Lord showed His plan in front of the whole world that lovely Good Friday. The veil was torn from top to bottom, the blood of the Lamb had been accepted, we can now all come with boldness into His very presence. This access to God is the blessing and the power of the blood of Jesus. Our sins are washed away and we now belong to Him.
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An incomparable love the depth of which likely will never be humanly realized. When just a pause of reflection can stir the insides to a level of humility, a tiny grasp of holiness that our present being struggles to function as every fiber of the dust from which we were made quakes with recognition.