THE VEIL TO HIS PRESENCE

THE VEIL TO HIS PRESENCE

SCRIPTURE: Exodus 26:31-35

Topic: The Veil to His Presence

"And thou shalt make a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work: with cherubims shall it be made: And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shittim wood overlaid with gold: their hooks shall be of gold, upon the four sockets of silver. And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thou mayest bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony: and the vail shall divide unto you between the holy place and the most holy.  And thou shalt put the mercy seat upon the ark of the testimony in the most holy place.  And thou shalt set the table without the vail, and the candlestick over against the table on the side of the Tabernacle toward the south: and thou shalt put the table on the north side."

Exodus 26:31-35

The veil was the third entrance to the presence of God.  In order to get to the deepest part of the Tabernacle, you would need to go through three colourful curtain doors.   Each of these curtain entrances has a different name.  The first curtain is called “the gate”. The second curtain is called “the door” and the third curtain is called “the veil”. 

The “four pillared curtain gate” speaks of Jesus who is the only way to God. The five-pillared door speaks of the fivefold ministry, which is the way to know God even further.  The veil speaks of the flesh of Jesus Christ that hid the glory of God from the eyes of man.  When Jesus walked the earth, the glory of God was hidden from men.  They thought He was a carpenter.  They thought He was Joseph’s son. They thought He had a normal family with brothers and sisters.  They could not see the glory of God.  The powerful glory of the eternal Son of God was completely hidden by the flesh of the human being.  This glory of God was so concealed that human beings mobbed Jesus Christ and murdered the Son of God thinking that He was just an ordinary person.   

Notice how the writer of Hebrews tells us that the veil is the flesh of Jesus Christ.  

"Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, THROUGH THE VEIL, THAT IS TO SAY, HIS FLESH;"

Hebrews 10:19-20

Jesus Christ came into this world and gave His body to be broken and torn apart, like a veil, for the salvation of this world.  

"And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: THIS IS MY BODY, WHICH IS BROKEN FOR YOU: this do in remembrance of me."

1 Corinthians 11:24

When Jesus’ body was broken, the veil in the temple was also torn apart.  The tearing away of the veil symbolized the removal of the thing that had hidden God from man.  The veil that covered God had now been torn apart and God was available to man.  

"Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. 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; And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.

Matthew 27:50-53

The flesh of Jesus Christ is important for you to experience the presence of God.  Every time you have communion, you eat the flesh of Jesus Christ and tear away the veil to the presence of God. 

"For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him."

John 6:55-56

People who have communion and believe in it deeply experience a greater presence of God.  The flesh of Jesus Christ is the veil and that veil is torn away in communion, revealing the presence of God.  He that eats the flesh and drinks the blood experiences the dwelling of the presence of God.  

There is a church that has emphasized the Holy Communion for hundreds of years. Even though hundreds of years have gone by, they still represent God and Jesus Christ in a way that many churches do not. It is the constant tearing of the veil that has allowed the presence of God to continue in that church, making it one of the most prominent and powerful churches in the world today.  

"After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.  For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord’s death till he come."

1 Corinthians 11:25-26

It is my prayer that from today you will take the Holy Communion very seriously and that as you partake of it, you will always experience the presence of God.

Excerpt from:

Steps to Gods Presence

Bishop Dag Heward-Mills