“And Jesus cried out with a loud voice, and breathed his last.  Then the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom.” 

Mark 15: 37-38 NKJV

The veil in the Temple was a massive curtain that separated the Holy Place from the Holy of Holies.  It was the most sacred place in the Temple.  God’s Presence filled that place!  Only the High Priest could enter the Holy of Holies.  He could only enter once a year on the Day of Atonement, when the sacrificial lamb was slain for the sins of the nation.  The High Priest would then take the blood of that lamb that had been slain and place it upon the Mercy Seat in the Holy of Holies. Scholars tell us that the thickness of that curtain was as much as 6 inches.   The veil separated the people from the Presence of God.

When Jesus died on the cross, the veil in the Temple in Jerusalem was torn in two from top to bottom!   It was torn from top to bottom because God was the One who tore it open.  Not man! Jesus had become the sacrificial Lamb of God on the cross!   The torn veil signified that access into God’s Presence was now open for everyone!   

Now that the veil is torn, anyone who has surrendered to Christ has the Blood of the Lamb applied to their heart!   That Blood now makes one Holy in the sight of God!  Because the redeemed have been made holy through the Blood of Christ,  we now have access into the very Presence of the Living God.   We can come without fear, guilt, shame, or condemnation!   What a great blessing it is to have access into the very Presence of God!   May we take the opportunity of entering into His Presence daily.