During the High Holy Day of Yom Kippur, the High Priest went into the Holy of
Holies in the Temple to sprinkle sacrificial blood on the Mercy Seat of the
Ark to cleanse the sins of the people of Israel. A crimson cloth was placed on
the outside of the Holy of Holies which would turn white when the process
worked and it always did. It always did until forty years before the
destruction of the Temple, when according to the Jews own Talmud (Yoma 39 a&b
and Rosh Hashanah 312b), this crimson cloth stopped turning white. Also, the
lot that the High Priest picked for the goat to be sacrificed
(scapegoat-azazel) ceased coming up in his right hand and began coming up in
his left hand for the first time. Also, according to the rabbis own commentary
(Talmud) the western light would not keep burning as before and the doors of
the Temple would no longer open by themselves!
What happened forty years before the destruction of the Temple in 70 AD? Jesus
the Christ died for our sins once and for all around 30 AD. He became the
scarlet thread of salvation. By His blood, our sins are washed away and we are
white as snow. The Temple and its blood sacrifices of goats and bulls were no
longer needed to cleanse us of our sins.Jesus is all we need. He is our High
Priest as scripture says!
Now,isn't that amazing!
Stephen