Good Friday: The Veil Was Torn

High Priests.
Sacrifices.
The Most Holy Place.
The Veil.
Separation

"You shall make a veil woven of blue, purple, and scarlet thread and fine woven linen... And you shall hang the veil from the clasps. Then you shall bring the ark of the Testimony (this was the dwelling place of the Lord, Exodus 25:22) in there, behind the veil. The veil shall be a divider for you between the holy place and the Most Holy." ~Exodus 26:31-34

Then came Friday.

Darkness.

"And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice, and yielded up His spirit." ~ Matthew 27:50 

"And Jesus cried out with a loud voice, and breathed His last." ~ Mark 15:37 

"...And when Jesus had cried out with a loud voice., He said, 'Father, into Your hands I commit My spirit.' Having said this, He breathed His last." ~ Luke 23:46b

But...

"Then, behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom..." ~ Matthew 27:51

"Then the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom." ~ Mark 15:38

"Then the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was torn in two..." ~Luke 23:46a

In death, came REDEMPTION!
Christ became our Mediator!

"But Christ came as High Priest of the good things to come, with the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands, that is, not of this creation. Not with the blood of goats and calves, but with His own blood He entered the Most Holy Place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption. (YES!!) For if the blood of bulls and goats and the ashes of a heifer, sprinkling the unclean, sanctifies for the purifying of the flesh, how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? (What better sacrifice than a perfect Savior?) And for this reason He is the Mediator of the new covenant (No more veil!!), by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions under the first covenant, that those who are called may receive the promise of eternal inheritance." ~ Hebrews 9:11-15

Now, I am adopted!

Now, I am redeemed!

Now, I can boldly go before the throne of grace!

The veil was torn! 

It was a GOOD Friday!