It came to me this morning that the temple represents the garden of Eden and the veil of the temple was equivalent to the angelic being with the flaming sword. The implications of this are great and mind is going in a number of directions right now so I'm finding it difficult grab hold of one train of thought at this point. But this is really cool.
My thoughts go to Jesus' crucifixion and the veil being split from top to bottom by God. The implication being that because of the cross event we may now enter the holy of holies and receive eternal life.The Eden story ends with us being cast out of the garden and being prevented from enjoying the fruit of the tree of life and living forever.The cross = the tree of lifefruit = Jesus' body and blood ( We could look at the sixth chapter of John's Gospel to hash that out)Anyway, Jesus truly is the Alpha and the Omega! AMEN!
Christopher
