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Mark 15 - Devotion · The Five Minute Bible Podcast

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  Welcome to Five Minute Bible in our journey through the New
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  Testament. In each episode, we take just a
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  few minutes to focus on one chapter of the New Testament,
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  exploring the truths God is teaching us through His Word and
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  expanding our view of who He is. Before you listen, make sure
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  you've gone straight to the source, either by reading
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  today's chapter of the Bible yourself or listening to today's
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  read along episode in this podcast feed.
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  If you haven't done that yet, feel free to pause and do that
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  now. When you're ready, let's dive
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  into God's Word. Together
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  in Mark chapter 15 we are given the God breathed account of
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  Jesus trial and execution through the human author.
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  Mark, I want you to focus in on Jesus last few moments before he
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  dies on the cross. Verses 37 and 38 say and Jesus
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  uttered a loud cry and breathed his last and the veil of the
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  temple was torn into from top to bottom.
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  So at the moment of Jesus death the temple veil was torn into
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  from top to bottom. What does that mean?
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  Why is that significant? Well, the temple veil prescribed
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  all the way back in Exodus when God gave the Israelites the plan
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  for the Tabernacle, was a massive curtain that separated
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  the Holy of Holies from the rest of the temple.
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  And when I say massive, it's estimated that the veil of the
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  temple in Jerusalem was 60 feet long, 30 feet wide, and about
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  four inches thick. That's about 6 stories tall and
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  made with fabric that was thicker than a piece of 4 by 4
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  lumber. It's enormous.
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  But why does the ripping of this giant veil have any importance
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  in the account of Jesus death? This veil separated the Holy of
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  Holies from the rest of the temple.
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  The Holy of Holies was where the Ark of the Covenant was kept.
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  This was the place that only the High Priest could enter, and he
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  could do that only once a year and with great care.
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  The Temple Holy of Holies represented the very presence of
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  Almighty God, and the veil that partitioned it off was a clear,
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  visible representation of the separation that existed between
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  holy God and sinful man. And now, with the last breath of
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  Jesus as the spotless Lamb of God is slain, that veil is torn.
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  Not ripped down by man, not cut as an act of allegiance by His
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  disciples, but torn from top to bottom.
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  That veil that hung roughly 6 stories high was ripped from
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  above. And don't miss the symbolism.
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  When Christ died, His blood removed the separation between
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  God and man. The sin that separated us from
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  God could now be atoned for permanently by the blood of
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  Jesus. And as as a result of that
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  blood, we as the forgiven people of God can boldly approach the
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  throne of grace. We can come to God not through a
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  human priest continually making sacrifices on our behalf, but
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  through our forever high Priest, Jesus Christ, who, Hebrews 912
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  says, entered the holy place once for all, having obtained
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  eternal redemption. And Hebrews 10/12 says he,
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  having offered one sacrifice for sins for all time, sat down at
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  the right hand of God. Now as a result, Hebrews 10/19
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  and 20 tells us since we have confidence to enter the Holy
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  place by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way which He
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  inaugurated for us through the veil that is His flesh, Christ
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  entered the Holy of Holies, atone for our sins once and for
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  all, sat down at the right hand of the Father, and left the door
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  open for us. And so now we can boldly
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  approach the Father. Through Christ our High Priest,
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  we can receive the new title given to us as believers, priest
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  to God, all through the death and resurrection of the perfect
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  sacrifice and the perfect High Priest, Jesus Christ.