Curtain

for some reason ive felt this urge to post this blog a wrote awhile back.. no idea why, but ive finally given in. ;) here goes nada.


WOW! i cant believe its been almost a year since i wrote this!! longer than i thought!!

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I've been listening to the song 'Curtain' by Tenth Avenue North song a LOT lately... and the lyrics stuck with me pretty huge.
Especially the chorus.

"You step out from the curtain, revealing what is certain.
It's no wonder why you are.
Dreams fall to pieces as your love increases.
It's no wonder why you are.
You are mine."

The first thing that his me about this song was this:

Matthew 27:50-51 "And when Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, he gave up his spirit. At that moment, the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom... "

Mark 15:37-38 "With a loud cry, Jesus breathed his last.
The curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom."

Before that time, only the high priest could go past that curtain to be with God, and only once a year. When Jesus died on the cross, his blood was shed, so that we could be given access to the Father to come to him at anytime. The curtain was torn. Jesus' sacrifice allows us to be able to enter into God's presence. We have been given access to the Father at any time, to come to him. WAY cool, right?
Yeah.
Now check this out.
I was reading thru Max Lucado's 'He Chose the Nails' (AWESOME book, by the way!) and he was talking about Hebrews 10:20.

"We can enter through a new and living way the Jesus opened for us. It leads through the curtain – that is, Christ's body." Hebrews 10:20

Wooowww...

Remember what happened to the curtain when Jesus died? It was torn. Torn from top to bottom. So if the curtain is Christ's body... then what happened to the curtain... happened to Christ's body. To quote Max:

"What happened to his flesh? It was torn. Torn by the whips, torn by the thorns. Torn by the weight of the cross and the point of the nails."


Wow again.
So does that bring a whole new meaning to the lyrics of that song?

"You step out from the curtain,
Revealing what is certain.
It's no wonder why you are."

I hope that gives you something to think about... and that it puts what Jesus did for you in a different perspective.

Peace
- ange -