Under the Veil

 The author of the Book of Hebrews tells us clearly that the veil in the temple signified Jesus’ flesh.

Therefore, believers, since we have confidence and full freedom to enter the Holy Place [the place where God dwells] by [means of] the blood of Jesus, by this new and living way which He initiated and opened for us through the veil [as in the Holy of Holies], that is, through His flesh – Hebrews 10:19-20 (AMP)

But there is something else that the veil represents – the Law of Moses and any other barrier between God and man which pertains to the flesh.

The veil in the temple was made of linen, symbolic of righteousness, and although the high priest was the only person permitted to pass through the veil to enter the Holy of Holies, he was not truly righteous.

No-one was made righteous by the Law; no-one was justified by the Law. God created the Law to reveal sin, not to save us from sin. The Law itself was never meant to save but to highlight the need for a saviour.

Yet some people continue to place themselves under the veil of the Law, seeking righteousness through works.

From Moses’ day to now, anyone who puts himself under any part of the Law or anyone who teaches others to do so, enters under the veil and into a curse according to Apostle Paul.

Yes, even today when they read Moses’ writings, their hearts are covered with that veil, and they do not understand. 

those who depend on the law to make them right with God are under his curse 

(2 Corinthians 3:15; Galatians 3:10 NLT)

Beloved, trying to establish personal holiness by observing parts of the Law is foolhardy, trying to observe and obey all that the Law commands is impossible for any human being to accomplish.

Going under the veil makes you spiritually blind as it covers your heart and your mind. Under the veil you’re unable to understand anything spiritual. Under the veil you do not recognize that the Law was never meant to heal sin, only to reveal it. Under the veil you cannot see clearly, you cannot see your dire need for Jesus Christ.

Listen, Jesus was the only person who was righteous in the flesh; He was the only person who could do something about this veil of the Law. Jesus was the only person who walked this earth that could remove the veil between God and man.

Jesus Himself became the veil. When He was crucified and the veil of the temple was torn in two, it signified that what prevented us from entering the Holy Place of the presence of God was removed.

Jesus’ death gave us access, but we now have to fully perceive that truth; we need to come out from under the veil and turn to Him for whenever someone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away (2 Corinthians 3:16 NLT).

The veil was taken away in Jesus who became the very embodiment of the veil, of the Law and of the sin of the entire world, when He hung on that cross at Calvary.  

When we continue to go under the veil of the Law, or any other veil pertaining to the flesh, we reject the veil of Jesus and all that He suffered on our behalf. We have a part to play in all this, we must tear away our own fleshly veils – our religious legalism, our pride, our religious beliefs, and all our other pharisaic behaviour.

Understand that these fleshly veils prevent proper fellowship with God; unless they are torn there will always be a struggle to enter the presence of God and the type of tearing that is required can happen only when we simply turn to the Lord.

Beloved, if you remain under the veil, then you will never experience the fullness of God. Now is the perfect time to turn to God with all your heart [in genuine repentance], with fasting and weeping and mourning [until every barrier is removed and the broken fellowship is restored]; Rip your heart to pieces [in sorrow and contrition] and not your garments.”
Now return [in repentance] to the Lord your God. (Joel 2:12, 13 AMP).

Amen †

 

Shelley Johnson “Under the Veil” ©2026 February 22, 2026