General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1875 Original Publisher: Elliot Stock Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER VI. THE BEAUTIFUL VEIL.
And he made a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cherubim made he it of cunning work. And he made thereunto four pillars of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold; their hooks were of gold; and he cast for them four sockets of silver. Exodus, xxxvi., 35, 36.
And the vail shall divide unto you between the holy place and the most holy. Exodus xxvi., 33. The Vail may be typical of several things, but principally of Christ’s flesh.
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. Heb. x., 19,20. The fine linen was an emblem of the perfect righteousness, and holiness of Jesus. He was indeed, The holy Child Jesus. He knew no sin, neither was guile found in His mouth. He was a Lamb without blemish, and without spot. Judas who betrayeth Him, was not permitted to hang himself, until he had borne witness to the holiness of His character.
I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. Matt, xxvii., 4. Pilate
washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person. Matt, xxvii., 24. I find no fault in him. John xix., 4. The dying thief also bore witness,
This man hath done nothing amiss. Luke xxiii., 41. The fine twined linen shews us the strength of Christ’s human nature. We are told that fine twined linen means a thread six times double. Thus the Veil was very strong, and Jesus was mighty to save… .
