When Justice Met Grace

Create a horizonal graphic based on Matthew 27:50-51 with a veil being torn from top to bottom and a priest standing in amazement with “When Justice Met Grace” in a Formal Script font, use

Create a vertical graphic based on Matthew 27:50-51 with a veil being torn from top to bottom and a priest standing in amazement with “When Justice Met Grace” in a Formal Script font.

Matthew 27:50-51
50 Yahwah Messiah, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. 51 And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;

Why is the veil significant in the O.T.?
- Design of the veil (Exodus 26:31-33, 35:10-12,
o The veil was woven of
 Blue
• Is the #1 favorite color of people worldwide – 40 %
• The color of heavenly kings
• The high priest in the O.T. was required to wear blue
• Why is the sky blue? Maybe because he was covering his temple today (our bodies) (I Cor 6:19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you)

 Purple
• Is the #2 favorite color of people worldwide – 14 %
• The color of earthly kings
• Highest religious leaders in the old covenant wore purple

 Scarlet (Crimson)
• The blood of our sacrifice
• How messiah shed his blood to become our sacrifice
o Eph 1:7, Col 1:14, 1 Peter 1:18-19

 Linen (White)
• Stood for purity
o Rev 3:5, Rev 6:11, rev 7:9, 13-14, Rev 19:8

 Along with embroidered designs of cherubim. (II Chronicles 3:14)

o The veil was hung on four pillars of acacia wood overlaid with gold.

o The veil was hung from four gold hooks that were put in four sockets of silver.

o There was no separation in the middle of the veil. To enter, the high priest went around the side of the veil.

o The measurements of the Veil:
 10 cubits long (15 ft. 4.6 m)
 10 cubits high (15 ft. 4.6 m)

- The veil was a separation between the Holy Place and the Most Holy Place. (Exodus 26:33)
- The veil was a barrier between Yahwah and man.
- Once a year, on the Day of Atonement, the high priest would enter the Most Holy Place (Holy of Holies) through this veil. (Leviticus 23:26-32)

Why is the veil significant in the N.T.?
- When Yahwah Messiah died on the cross, the veil in the Temple was torn from top to bottom. (Matthew 27:51) (Only Yahwah could have done this)
- The torn veil symbolizes the ability of every believer, not just a high priest, to approach Yahwah through the death of Messiah.
- Because of Yahwah Messiah, sin no longer separates believers from Yahwah.
- We can now enter into his presence with boldness (Hebrews 4:16)
- The Bible says that Yahwah Messiah’s body is the curtain or veil through which we approach Yahwah. Because of Yahwah Messiah, and the sacrifice he made, all people can enter the Most Holy Place. (Hebrews 10:19-20)