The Final Curtain

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The Final Curtain



• “You shall make a veil woven of blue, purple, ascarlet thread, and fine woven linen. It shall bewith an artistic design of cherubim. You shall hupon the four pillars of acacia wood overlaid wTheir hooks shall be gold, upon four sockets of And you shall hang the veil from the clasps. Thshall bring the ark of the Testimony in there, bthe veil. The veil shall be a divider for you betwholy place and the Most Holy. Ex. 26:31-35



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The temple curtain was 4inches thick.(tlength was 60 feet. The width was 30 fe

And the weight was in the region of 4 t

took 300 men to hold it.)





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This veil was used to separate the Holy from the Holy of Holies.

• Once a year under Jewish law the High

passed behind the veil and offered a sinoffering in behalf of the people. This wa

called the atonement.



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The veil was a constant and somber remthat sin separated people from the pre

of God.

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The veil represented just how limited min finding forgiveness and reconciliation





• Previously saying, “Sacrifice and offering,offerings, and offerings for sin You did notnor had pleasure in them” (which are offeaccording to the law), then He said, “Behohave come to do Your will, O God.” He tak

the first that He may establish the secondwill we have been sanctified through the oof the body of Jesus Christ once for all. He10





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Jesus came for man out of love for one reason: Sin seeks to dominate and ensl

• Jesus came to set you free!

• All of our technology, and all our knowland all our increased communication thmakes the world a small place, has notresolved man’s basic problem—BONDA



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We live in a world of addictions, hang-uanger, and hate.

• The despair is palpable. The hopelessne

running rampant and the human race isbroken and looking for answers.



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The problem with man is he is SHUT OU• The problem with God in the Old Testa

He was SHUT IN!



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This disconnect is the source of all this hurt and sadness.

• But God has a solution – JESUS!



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He is despised and rejected by men, A Masorrows and acquainted with grief. And w

it were, our faces from Him; He was despi

and we did not esteem Him. Surely He has

our griefs And carried our sorrows; Yet weesteemed Him stricken, Smitten by God, a

afflicted. Isaiah 53:3-4 NKJV



• And they stripped Him and put a scarlet robe

29 When they had twisted a crown of thorns, tit on His head, and a reed in His right hand. Anbowed the knee before Him and mocked Him, “Hail, King of the Jews!” 30 Then they spat on took the reed and struck Him on the head. 31 Awhen they had mocked Him, they took the robHim, put His own clothes on Him, and led Him be crucified. Mt.27



• Now from the sixth hour until the ninth hour there was d

over all the land. And about the ninth hour Jesus cried ouloud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” that is, “MGod, why have You forsaken Me?”

• Some of those who stood there, when they heard that, Man is calling for Elijah!” Immediately one of them ran ansponge, filled it with sour wine and put it on a reed, and

to Him to drink.• The rest said, “Let Him alone; let us see if Elijah will com

Him.”



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And Jesus cried out again with a loud voand yielded up His spirit. Then, behold,

veil of the temple was torn in two from

bottom; and the earth quaked, and the

were split,



• Nevertheless when one turns to the Lordveil is taken away. Now the Lord is the Spiwhere the Spirit of the Lord is, there is libewe all, with unveiled face, beholding as inmirror the glory of the Lord, are beingtransformed into the same image from gloglory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.2 Co18

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