DID YOU KNOW?
In the Temple of Jerusalem, there were two major barriers separating God from humanity, representing the separation between the holy and the unholy.
The first barrier consisted of the massive golden doors of the Hekhal (the Holy Place). These doors separated the Temple courts from the Holy Place.
The second, deeper barrier was the Parochet, the enormous veil that separated the Holy Place from the Holy of Holies, a space only the high priest could enter, and only once a year on the Day of Atonement.
Together, these barriers symbolized the chasm between sinful humanity and a most holy God.
The New Testament records that at the moment of Messiah’s death, the Parochet was torn in two.
What did that signify? The barrier between God and humanity was removed.
But there is a deeper question:
What about the second barrier, the golden doors of the Hekhal? If the separation was truly removed, should those doors not have been opened as well?
Was there a second witness?
There was, and it comes from an unexpected source.
In Tractate Yoma 39 of the Talmud, the rabbis record something astonishing. They testify that in the decades leading up to the destruction of Jerusalem in A.D. 70, a strange phenomenon began occurring in the Temple:
The golden doors of the Hekhal began opening by themselves.
When did this begin?
The rabbis state it started about forty years before A.D. 70.
That brings us to around A.D. 30.
And what happened in Jerusalem around A.D. 30?
The death of Jesus, the Rabbi Yeshua, the Messiah, who offered Himself as the final atonement, removing the barrier between God and humanity.
Here is the power of this testimony:
The veil was torn, as recorded in the New Testament. The doors were opened, as recorded by the rabbis themselves.
Even those who did not accept Jesus as Messiah bore witness that the way into God’s presence had been opened.
What was separating God from humanity was removed. The door was no longer shut. Access had been granted.
TODAY:
Even the rabbis testify that around A.D. 30, the way was opened.
Walk in the power of Messiah today.
Let Him open every door that remains closed.
The barrier is gone.
The way into God’s presence is open.
