On this mountain God will destroy the veil that covers all nations, the veil that stretches over all peoples;
Many people and powerful nations will come to worship the Lord All-Powerful in Jerusalem and to pray to the Lord for help.”
Then the curtain in the Temple was torn into two pieces, from the top to the bottom. Also, the earth shook and rocks broke apart.
It is a light for the non-Jewish people to see and an honor for your people, the Israelites.”
In the past, people did not understand God, and he ignored this. But now, God tells all people in the world to change their hearts and lives.
They do not understand, and they know nothing, because they refuse to listen. So they cannot have the life that God gives.
In the past you were full of darkness, but now you are full of light in the Lord. So live like children who belong to the light.
Christ did not go into the Most Holy Place made by humans, which is only a copy of the real one. He went into heaven itself and is there now before God to help us.
The Holy Spirit uses this to show that the way into the Most Holy Place was not open while the system of the old Holy Tent was still being used.