#750 – Jesus Paid it All (Matthew 27:51)
Pray the Word with David Platt
David Platt
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🗓️ 29 August 2019
⏱️ 5 minutes
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Summary
Jesus gave Himself in the place of sinners to reconcile us to God. Through Christ's work, we are no longer separated from the presence of God.
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| 0:00.0 | Pray the word with David Platt is a resource from radical.net. |
| 0:06.0 | Matthew chapter 27 verse 51 |
| 0:10.0 | and behold the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom, and the earth shook |
| 0:18.2 | and the rocks were split. |
| 0:22.4 | What an amazing verse. |
| 0:25.0 | Like so much of the Old Testament in the Bible has been building to this moment. |
| 0:32.0 | In the Old Testament we see God dwelling among his people in a |
| 0:37.6 | tabernacle, in a temple, and at the center of the tabernacle, in the center of the temple is the holy of holies, |
| 0:45.6 | the place where the glory of God dwells in the middle of his people. |
| 0:50.0 | And there is a curtain that separates those outside the Holy of Holies |
| 0:56.9 | from this place where the presence of God dwells. |
| 1:00.5 | Only the high priests and only he at certain times can go into the holy of holies to offer |
| 1:05.8 | sacrifice for sin and he doesn't stay in there long he gets out as soon as possible |
| 1:12.4 | He even has bells tied to his leg so that people outside can |
| 1:18.2 | hear him moving around and if the bells, if the sound stops, then that would be a clear sign that the priest has been struck down. |
| 1:28.0 | They could pull him out, they had a rope tied to his foot, they could pull him out with without having to go in there. |
| 1:34.8 | This is the place where the holy God dwells among his people. |
| 1:39.3 | And when Jesus died on the cross, this is the very next verse after Jesus cried out with a loud voice |
| 1:45.0 | and yielded up his spirit at that moment. The curtain of the temple was torn into. |
| 1:54.2 | The way was made open. |
| 1:56.8 | In that moment, for sinners |
| 2:00.6 | by the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross for their sin to enter into the presence of God, |
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