Notes and References
- Exodus 26:31-35, directions and description of the tabernacle curtain
Genesis 3:24, Cherubim guard the way to the Tree of Life.
Numbers 4:5, The tabernacle veil was used to wrap the ark of the covenant for protection when the Israelites journeyed through the wilderness.
New Testament Veil in Christ’s Flesh
- Psalm 22:6, “I am a [tola] worm, and no man; scorned by men, and despised by the people.”
Matthew 27:46, Jesus quotes Psalm 22 on the cross as prophetic of Himself.
Exodus 40:21, In Hebrew, the word used to describe the veil is sakak, translated twice in this verse as “screen(ed).” It is sometimes also translated in the Scriptures as “covered,” “woven” or “knit.”
Psalm 139:6, “You ‘stitched’ me together in my mother’s womb.”
John 2:19-22, Jesus’ own flesh veils the Presence of God.
Luke 9:28-36, The transfiguration reveals the presence of God beneath Jesus’ veil of flesh.
Matthew 27:46-51, In the agony of His Passion, just after Jesus quotes Psalm 22:1 “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?”, the veil in Herod’s Temple was split from top to bottom.
Hebrews 9, The Holy of Holies was a type of Heaven, and the veil signified that it was closed till Christ burst through it by His death.
Human Flesh as a Veil for the Presence of God