10:19
We need to appreciate that the root of the reason why the Hebrews were still hankering after some of the trappings of Judaism was a lack of confidence. They knew that of themselves they were not worthy to approach God, so they wondered if the Law would provide the comfort they needed. No one now seeks comfort in the Mosaic Law, but people still do lack confidence of their acceptability to God. The writer has shown two things: (i) the Law could not actually provide the comfort, the security they longed for; (ii) Christ can and does provide that security. We have confidence to enter the most Holy Place. Just ponder that thought for a moment or two. In Christ we are given the right to go into the very presence of God.
10:20
We have a new and living way of entering the presence of God. This way is not based on rituals, not on shadows or copies, but on the real thing. Jesus actually did pay the price for our sins. Our sins, our guilt, has actually been fully paid for. Not figuratively, but in reality.
In the temple there was a curtain separating off the holy of holies, and at the crucifixion the temple was torn in two.
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