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Beyond the Veil

A Veil can be described as a piece of fine
material that can be used as a covering.
Covering can refer multiple things like to hide Hannah Rachel Abraham
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something or to protect something that is
precious. In the Eden Garden, when Adam and Eve disobeyed God by
eating the fruit of wisdom, they covered themselves from being naked
using fig leaves (Genesis 3:7). This was the very first mention of veil in
the Bible. From the Eden Garden till the resurrection of Christ, a veil
holds a significant role in the Bible and Christian life.
1. Stone
“Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary
Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been
removed from the entrance.” (St. John 20: 1)
“You have broken faith, he said. Roll a large stone over here at once”.
(1 Samuel 14:33)
“Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at
her”. (St. John 8: 7)
In St. John 8, a woman who committed adultery was brought before
Jesus to be punished where the stone is mentioned as a symbol of
punishment. In St. John 20, stone is used to protect the tomb from
trespassers. From the above verses, we can conclude that stone is
something that represent “sin”. Human’s life in this world is filled with
stones (veil) that keep us away from Christ. These stones are satanic
expressions that can make us unworthy to stand in the presence of
God. But Christ died on the cross for our sins and his resurrection from
the closed tomb by rolling off the stone made us worthy for an eternal
life with the Lord.
“They were on their way to the tomb and they asked each other, Who
will roll the stone away from the entrance of the tomb? But when they
looked up, they saw that the stone, which was very large, had been
rolled away” (St. Mark 16: 3-4)
The stone (veil) was big enough to be rolled over by human effort
which means that our sins are too heavy to be wiped off but our
Saviour is strong enough to overcome our heaviest veil through his
blood that was shed on the cross.

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