RTW 2023

Hang the inner curtain from clasps, and put the Ark of the Covenant in the room behind it. This curtain will separate the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place.
Exodus 26:33

The curtain was a constant reminder that sin:

• Separates man from God.
• Unholy cannot be in the presence of holy.

God put the curtain up, and God tore the curtain down.

And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice and yielded up his spirit. And behold, the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. And the earth shook, and the rocks were split.
Matthew 27:50-51 (ESV)

When God torn the curtain, He was telling the world He was through with the old religious system.

The cross is a constant reminder that sin is:

• Costly, and I don’t have to pay it.
• Forgiven, and I have Christ to thank.
• Powerless, and I have authority over its pull.

And because of the torn curtain:

• So then, since we have a great High Priest who has entered heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to what we believe. This High Priest of ours understands our weaknesses, for he faced all of the same testings we do, yet he did not sin. So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive his mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it most.
  Hebrews 4:14-16
• And so, dear brothers and sisters, we can boldly enter heaven’s Most Holy Place because of the blood of Jesus. By his death, Jesus opened a new and life-giving way through the curtain into the Most Holy Place. And since we have a great High Priest who rules over God’s house, let us go right into the presence of God with sincere hearts fully trusting him. For our guilty consciences have been sprinkled with Christ’s blood to make us clean, and our bodies have been washed with pure water.
  Hebrews 10:19-22

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Aaron was their high priest and bore the guilt of their sins.

Aaron must wear it on his forehead so he may take on himself any guilt of the people of Israel when they consecrate their sacred offerings. He must always wear it on his forehead so the LORD will accept the people.
Exodus 28:38

Jesus is our high priest and bore the guilt of our sins.

He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.
1 Peter 2:24 (ESV)

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Celebrate the cross, thank God for the curtain then and now, worship Him.