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grows out of · the barrier inside
The veil is the tabernacle's honest admission: God is here, and you may not simply walk in.
symbol · Old Testament
A woven curtain closing off the Most Holy Place: access granted and access barred.
grows out of · the barrier inside
The veil is the tabernacle's honest admission: God is here, and you may not simply walk in.
points forward to · torn from the top
The curtain that said 'not yet' for centuries is torn at the moment of the death, and torn downward, as if from God's side.