Matthew 27:51-56

The world would never be the same! The physical signs of the Son of God’s death and resurrection reverberated through, not only the Jewish world, but also the Gentiles. He came into the world to give hope to the marginalized of society…..women, children, elderly and the alien. The veil that had separated the common man from God was gone. 

In Jesus, through Him and in the unity of the Holy Spirit everyone is invited to enter into God’s rest.

The temple had two veils or curtains—one in front of the Holy Place and the other separating the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place. It was the second of these that was torn, demonstrating that God had opened up access to Himself through His Son. Only God could have torn the veil from the top. 

The fact that the people who were raised appeared to many in the holy city implies that they had been contemporaries of the people who saw them. The supernatural signs convinced the Centurion and those with him that Jesus was indeed the Son of God. Significantly, this confession of faith came from a Gentile.

Matthew 27:51-56

⁵¹ Then, behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; and the earth quaked, and the rocks were split, ⁵² and the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised; ⁵³ and coming out of the graves after His resurrection, they went into the holy city and appeared to many.

⁵⁴ So when the centurion and those with him, who were guarding Jesus, saw the earthquake and the things that had happened, they feared greatly, saying, “Truly this was the Son of God!”

⁵⁵ And many women who followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering to Him, were there looking on from afar, ⁵⁶ among whom were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee’s sons.

³¹ “You shall make a veil woven of blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine woven linen. It shall be woven with an artistic design of cherubim. 

Exodus 26:31

³⁸ Then the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. 

Mark 15:38

³ and behind the second veil, the part of the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of All, 

Hebrews 9:3

² and certain women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities—Mary called Magdalene, out of whom had come seven demons, 

Luke 8:2

³ and Joanna the wife of Chuza, Herod’s steward, and Susanna, ²⁵ Now there stood by the cross of Jesus His mother, and His mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. 

John 19:25

³⁹ So when the centurion, who stood opposite Him, saw that He cried out like this and breathed His last, he said, “Truly this Man was the Son of God!” 

Mark 15:39