A New Way Opened to Fallen Man—When Christ on the cross cried out, “It is finished,” the veil of the temple was rent in twain. This veil was significant to the Jewish nation. It was of most costly material, of purple and gold, and was of great length and breadth. At the moment when Christ breathed His last, there were witnesses in the temple who beheld the strong, heavy material rent by unseen hands from top to bottom. This act signified to the heavenly universe, and to a world corrupted by sin, that a new and living way had been opened to the fallen race, that all sacrificial offerings terminated in the one great offering of the Son of God. He who had hitherto dwelt in the temple made with hands, had gone forth never again to grace it with His presence (The Signs of the Times, December 8, 1898).{5BC 1109.6}

En ny vej åbnes for faldne mennesker. - Da Kristus råbte på korset: ”Det er fuldbragt,” blev forhænget i templet revet i to stykker. Dette forhæng var betegnende for det jødiske folk. Det var af de kosteligste materialer, af purpur og guld, og var meget langt og bredt. I det øjeblik da Kristus åndede Sit sidste ud, var der vidner i templet som så det stærke, tunge materiale blevet revet af usynlige hænder fra top til bund. Denne handling var betegnende for det himmelske univers, og for en verden fordærvet af synd, så en ny og levende vej er blevet åbnet for den faldne slægt, så alle ofre stoppede med et stor offer af Guds Søn. Han som hidtil havde boet i templet, der var gjort af hænder, går aldrig frem igen for at berige det med Hans nærhed (ST 8. dec., 1898).