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Wednesday October 25, 2023
Christ Opened the Sacred Curtain
Romans 3:30, KJV: Seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.
Romans 3:30 points out that whether it be by the faith of Abraham with circumcision or through the faith of Jesus Christ without circumcision, only the true and living God justifies us. This scripture also identifies the two ways that God provided for people to have access to Him after the fall of Adam. Today, however, because the veil in the temple was torn in two, the only way to the Father God is through Jesus Christ.
Before Jesus came to the earth, God instructed the Jews to follow Abraham in circumcision, which is the ceremonial cutting of the foreskin on a man's genitals. A woman could only be in covenant with God through her relationship to a circumcised man of the covenant, such as her father or her husband.
But, praise God, in our day every man, woman, boy, and girl can establish a personal covenant with God through faith in Jesus Christ. Scripture says, "For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God" (Romans 2:28-29).
Just as circumcision must be of the heart, so must worship be of the heart. Unfortunately, however, I have been told that some so-called Christian leaders are encouraging ignorant baby Christians to once again stand behind the veil. In other words, they are teaching that Old Testament ceremonial worship is the pattern for the church today. They are even hanging veils across church platforms with a replica of the ark and other symbols.
Yet the Bible clearly tells us that the veil in the temple was torn from top to bottom. Hebrews 10:20 in the New Living Translation reads: "This is the new, life-giving way that Christ has opened up for us through the sacred curtain, by means of his death for us." Please do not be deceived by false teaching. Our doorway to God is wide open through Jesus, and we no longer need Old Testament symbols to get us there. Jesus is the only way.
Christ Opened the Sacred Curtain
Romans 3:30, KJV: Seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.
Romans 3:30 points out that whether it be by the faith of Abraham with circumcision or through the faith of Jesus Christ without circumcision, only the true and living God justifies us. This scripture also identifies the two ways that God provided for people to have access to Him after the fall of Adam. Today, however, because the veil in the temple was torn in two, the only way to the Father God is through Jesus Christ.
Before Jesus came to the earth, God instructed the Jews to follow Abraham in circumcision, which is the ceremonial cutting of the foreskin on a man's genitals. A woman could only be in covenant with God through her relationship to a circumcised man of the covenant, such as her father or her husband.
But, praise God, in our day every man, woman, boy, and girl can establish a personal covenant with God through faith in Jesus Christ. Scripture says, "For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God" (Romans 2:28-29).
Just as circumcision must be of the heart, so must worship be of the heart. Unfortunately, however, I have been told that some so-called Christian leaders are encouraging ignorant baby Christians to once again stand behind the veil. In other words, they are teaching that Old Testament ceremonial worship is the pattern for the church today. They are even hanging veils across church platforms with a replica of the ark and other symbols.
Yet the Bible clearly tells us that the veil in the temple was torn from top to bottom. Hebrews 10:20 in the New Living Translation reads: "This is the new, life-giving way that Christ has opened up for us through the sacred curtain, by means of his death for us." Please do not be deceived by false teaching. Our doorway to God is wide open through Jesus, and we no longer need Old Testament symbols to get us there. Jesus is the only way.
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