The temple curtain was torn in two from top to bottom.

殿里的幔子从上到下裂为两半。

殿的幔子从上到下裂为两半。

殿的幔子从上到下裂为两半。

圣殿的幔子从上到下裂成两半。

圣所里的幔子，从上到下裂成两半。

同时，圣所里的幔子从上到下裂成两半。

殿裏的幔子從上到下裂為兩半。

殿的幔子從上到下裂為兩半。

殿的幔子從上到下裂為兩半。

聖殿的幔子從上到下裂成兩半。

聖所裡的幔子，從上到下裂成兩半。

殿堂裏的幔子、從上到下、裂為兩段。

同時，聖所裡的幔子從上到下裂成兩半。

殿幔自上至下裂為二、

殿幔自上至下裂為二、

殿幔自上至下、分裂為二、

其時殿中帳幔、自上至下、中裂為二。

The curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom.

And the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom.

And the curtain in the sanctuary of the Temple was torn in two, from top to bottom.

Then the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom.

And the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom.

Then the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom.

And the veil of the temple was rent in two from the top to the bottom.

Then the curtain of the sanctuary was split in two from top to bottom.

And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom.

And the temple curtain was torn in two, from top to bottom.

The veil of the temple was torn in two from the top to the bottom.

The sun had stopped shining. The temple curtain was torn in two.

At that moment the temple curtain was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook. The rocks split.Tombs broke open. The bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life.They came out of the tombs. After Jesus was raised from the dead, they went into the holy city. There they appeared to many people.

Brothers and sisters, we are not afraid to enter the Most Holy Room. We enter boldly because of the blood of Jesus.His way is new because he lives. It has been opened for us through the curtain. I’m talking about his body.We also have a great priest over the house of God.So let us come near to God with a sincere heart. Let us come near boldly because of our faith. Our hearts have been sprinkled. Our minds have been cleansed from a sense of guilt. Our bodies have been washed with pure water.Let us hold firmly to the hope we claim to have. The God who promised is faithful.

Behind the second curtain was a room called the Most Holy Room.It had the golden altar for incense. It also had the wooden chest called the ark of the covenant. The ark was covered with gold. It held the gold jar of manna. It held Aaron’s walking stick that had budded. It also held the stone tablets. The words of the covenant were written on them.The cherubim were above the ark. God showed his glory there. The cherubim spread their wings over the place where sin was paid for. But we can’t say everything about these things now.That’s how everything was arranged in the holy tent. The priests entered it at regular times. They went into the outer room to do their work for God and others.But only the high priest went into the inner room. He went in only once a year. He never entered without taking blood with him. He offered the blood for himself. He also offered it for the sins the people had committed because they didn’t know any better.Here is what the Holy Spirit was showing us. He was telling us that God had not yet clearly shown the way into the Most Holy Room. It would not be clearly shown as long as the first holy tent was still being used.That’s an example for the present time. It shows us that the gifts and sacrifices people offered were not enough. They were not able to remove the worshiper’s feelings of guilt.They deal only with food and drink and different kinds of special washings. They are rules people had to obey only until the new covenant came.But Christ came to be the high priest of the good things already here now. When he came, he went through the greater and more perfect holy tent. This tent was not made with human hands. In other words, it is not a part of this creation.He did not enter by spilling the blood of goats and calves. He entered the Most Holy Room by spilling his own blood. He did it once and for all time. In this way, he paid the price to set us free from sin forever.

The Lord said to Moses,“ Speak to your brother Aaron. Tell him not to come into the Most Holy Room just anytime he wants to. Tell him not to come behind the curtain in front of the cover of the ark. The cover is the place where sin is paid for. If he comes behind the curtain, he will die. That is because I appear in the cloud over the cover.“ Aaron must not enter the area of the Most Holy Room without bringing a sacrifice. He must bring a young bull for a sin offering. He must also bring a ram for a burnt offering.He must put on the sacred inner robe made out of linen. He must wear linen underwear next to his body. He must tie the linen belt around him. And he must put the linen turban on his head. Those are sacred clothes. So he must take a bath before he puts them on.The community of Israel must give him two male goats and a ram. The goats are for a sin offering. The ram is for a burnt offering.“ Aaron must offer the bull for his own sin offering. It will pay for his own sin and the sin of his whole family.Then he must take the two goats and bring them to me at the entrance to the tent of meeting.He must cast lots for the two goats. One lot is for me. The other is for the goat that carries the people’s sins away.Aaron must bring the goat chosen for me by lot. He must sacrifice it for a sin offering.But the goat chosen by the other lot must remain alive. First, it must be brought in to me to pay for the people’s sins. Then, it must be sent into the desert as a goat that carries the people’s sins away.“ Aaron must bring the bull for his own sin offering. It will pay for his own sin and the sin of his whole family. He must kill the bull for his own sin offering.He must take a shallow cup full of burning coals from the altar in my sight. He must get two handfuls of incense completely ground up. The incense must smell sweet. He must take the cup and the incense behind the curtain.He must put the incense on the fire in my sight. The smoke from the incense will hide the cover of the ark where the tablets of the covenant law are kept. The cover is the place where sin is paid for. Aaron must burn the incense so that he will not die.He must dip his finger in the bull’s blood. He must sprinkle it on the front of the cover of the ark. He must sprinkle some in front of the cover. He must do it seven times.“ Then Aaron must kill the goat for the sin offering for the people. He must take its blood behind the curtain. There he must do the same thing with it as he did with the bull’s blood. He must sprinkle it on the cover of the ark. He must also sprinkle some in front of it.That is how he will make the Most Holy Room pure. He must do it because the Israelites are not‘ clean.’ They have not obeyed me. They have also committed other sins. Aaron must do the same for the tent of meeting because it stands in the middle of the camp. And the camp is‘ unclean.’Aaron will go into the Most Holy Room to pay for the people’s sin. While Aaron is there, no one may be in the tent of meeting. No one may enter the tent until Aaron comes out. He will not come out until he has paid for his own sin and the sin of his whole family. He will not come out until he has also paid for the sin of the whole community of Israel.“ Then he will come out to the altar for burnt offerings. It is in front of the tent where the ark of the Lord is. He will make the altar pure and clean. He will take some of the bull’s blood and some of the goat’s blood. Then he will put the blood on all the horns that stick out from the upper four corners of the altar.He will sprinkle some of the blood on it with his finger seven times. He will do it to make the altar pure. He will do it to set it apart from the Israelites. They are‘ unclean.’

“ Make a curtain out of blue, purple and bright red yarn and finely twisted linen. Have a skilled worker sew cherubim into the pattern.Hang the curtain with gold hooks on four posts that are made out of acacia wood. Cover the posts with gold. Stand them on four silver bases.Hang the curtain from the hooks. Place the ark of the covenant law behind the curtain. The curtain will separate the Holy Room from the Most Holy Room.Put the cover on the ark of the covenant law in the Most Holy Room. The cover will be the place where sin is paid for.

We have a great high priest. He has gone up into heaven. He is Jesus the Son of God. So let us hold firmly to what we say we believe.We have a high priest who can feel it when we are weak and hurting. We have a high priest who has been tempted in every way, just as we are. But he did not sin.So let us boldly approach God’s throne of grace. Then we will receive mercy. We will find grace to help us when we need it.

He built the Most Holy Room. It was as long as the temple was wide. It was 30 feet long and 30 feet wide. He covered the inside of the Most Holy Room with 23 tons of fine gold.He also covered the upper parts with gold. The gold on the nails weighed 20 ounces.For the Most Holy Room, Solomon made a pair of carved cherubim. He covered them with gold.The total length of the cherubim’s wings from tip to tip was 30 feet. One wing of the first cherub was seven and a half feet long. Its tip touched the temple wall. The other wing was also seven and a half feet long. Its tip touched the wing tip of the other cherub.In the same way one wing of the second cherub was seven and a half feet long. Its tip touched the other temple wall. The other wing was also seven and a half feet long. Its tip touched the wing tip of the first cherub.So the total length of the wings of the two cherubim was 30 feet from tip to tip. The cherubim stood facing the main hall.Solomon made the curtain out of blue, purple and bright red yarn and fine linen. A skilled worker sewed cherubim into its pattern.

He got the tablets of the covenant law. He placed them in the ark. He put the poles through its rings. And he put the cover on it. The cover was the place where sin is paid for.Moses brought the ark into the holy tent. He hung the curtain to hide the ark where the tablets of the covenant law are kept. Moses did it as the Lord had commanded him.

Our hope is certain. It is something for the soul to hold on to. It is strong and secure. It goes all the way into the Most Holy Room behind the curtain.