Just a thought by coppi

The veil that separated the Holy of Holies from the Holy Place in the Tabernacle and Temple in Jerusalem was a thick, embroidered curtain that symbolized the boundary between heaven and earth, and between man and God:  

Years ago I did a painting of the Tabernacle.  I wish I had it, but when everything in my life fell in the pit, I left Dallas and moved to Oklahoma;   The painting was lost.  The painting was gone, but my study of the Tabernacle in the wilderness remains in my heart.  The tearing of the temple curtain could symbolize “the end of the old covenant of atonement through animal sacrifice and the beginning of a ‘’new covenant”.  Everything in the sacrifice of animals had to meet high standards to what was to be sacrificed.  The Law and the Tabernacle would accomplish similar goals: not to place a burden on the Israelites, but to show the absolute authority of God. To make known that the only way for man to come to God was on His terms and none other. God would accept no excuses as He expected complete obedience. Both the Law and the Tabernacle revealed sin to mankind and looked forward to a future solution that would be brought into the world through the Messiah. 

The Tabernacle in the wilderness was portable.   In the day, God’s presence would be seen as a cloud; at night, it would be seen as a fire. When the cloud or fire moved to a new place, the people could pack up the Tabernacle tent and furniture and move them to the new place. The Lord said that Moses’ and Aaron’s family or tribe were to take care of the Tabernacle .

I am glad we don’t have to go through all the rules etc to meet with God.  God through His son, Jesus, became the lamb sacrifice before the foundation of the world, and now we can meet with God through Jesus, the sacrificial lamb.