>and the curtain ripped also.
The curtain ripping is perhaps the most interesting in the theologically symbolic. That curtain was what separated the Holy of Holies {The place of God’s dwelling within the physical temple} from the rest of the temple. Only the High Priest was allowed in the Holy of Holies, and even then only on the specific dates of certain rituals; so important was this that the High Priest would wear bells that would sound when he moved and a rope for others to pull his body out of the Holy of Holies should he die therein.
The curtain was ripped/torn from top to bottom, which is symbolic of God reaching down to man; the ripping was between the Holy of Holies and the rest of the temple; signifying man’s access to God; and lastly the timing thereof when Jesus died, thus paying the Debt of Sin for all of humanity who would choose to accept it, and sealing that people to be God’s [as priests and kings, as mentioned in various places in the New Testament].
AMEN!!