Our Victorious Savior Part 1

Our Victorious Savior Part 1  

Matthew 27:50-51 states, “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…”  Hebrews10:17-21 puts the rending of the vale into Christian perspective. “And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more. Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.  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; And having an high priest over the house of God; let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.”

As we near the traditional time of Easter, it is only proper for Christian musicians to be reminded of the real reason we celebrate this holiday.  Up to the time of Christ’s crucifixion, the Holiest of Holies was separated by a vale, thus signifying that the common man could not come boldly to the throne of God’s grace.  When Christ died the vale in the Temple was torn from the top to the bottom which let everyone know that some person did not sneak into the great Temple and tear the curtain into two pieces.

Hebrews 4:16 states, “Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.”  Because Christ paid the price for our redemption from sin, we are instructed to come boldly to Christ for help when we need it the most.  Praise God we do not have to serve God by types and shadows of better things that were promised earlier in the Scriptures. 

The Old Testament practice of the shedding of blood sacrifices for the remission of sins was superseded by Christ’s shedding of His own blood on the cross at Calvary.  St. Paul, in chapter nine verse twenty two of his letter to the Hebrews explains, “And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.”  After Christ died for the sins of all of us, we are no longer required to complete continual blood sacrifices that atone for our sins.