Question:
Please explain Hebrews 10:20, the last clause. I want to know if the veil before the most holy place was a figure of Christ’s body. Does Matthew 27:50, 51 teach this?
Answer:
Hebrews 10:19, 20 reads as follows: “Having therefore, brethren, boldness [“liberty,” margin] to enter into the holiest [literally, “holy places”] 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.”
In the earthly sanctuary, the presence and glory of God were especially manifest. He who passed through the veil entered God’s presence in the holy place. Passing through the second veil, He entered the holy of holies in the presence of the glorious Shekinah upon the mercy seat. So, he who enters God’s presence spiritually must do so “through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ.” Verse 10. The priest anciently, and the people in the priest, entered the holies through the veil, but we enter through Christ Jesus, our Advocate. Matthew 27:50, 51 teaches that the typical system then ended, for then took place in fact what before had been done only in type—the offering up of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. In these respects, the veil was a figure of Christ. But it is not wise to press any earthly figure of the heavenly in every particular.
