Chapter Twenty-Five/Reviving the Two Witnesses -The Temple Sanctuary - Continue

 The apostle Paul explains that the curtain of the tabernacle, separating the Most Holy from the holy compartment, pictures Jesus' flesh. When Jesus sacrificed his life, this curtain was rent in two, showing that Jesus' flesh was no longer a barrier to his entry into Jehovah's presence in heaven. On the basis of Jesus sacrifice, his anointed underpriests who died faithful would, in due course, also pass into the heavens. (Matthew 27:50, 51; Hebrews 9:3; 10:19, 20) Paul points out, too, that the continual services of animals at the tabernacle pointed toward Jesus' one sacrifice of his perfect life. The altar of sacrifice in the courtyard represented Jehovah's provision, according to his will , for accepting Jesus' sacrifice in behalf of the " many" - of the anointed and, later, of the other sheep- who would be "earnestly looking for him for their salvation." - HEBREWS9:28; 10:9, 10; JOHN 10:16.

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