When a place is made special and separate , it awakens curiosity ; it arouses desire to be in the presence of the One who is so unique and wonderful . This curiosity and desire are instrumental to faith . One must be interested to desire , and one must desire to set one ' s heart to seek the Holy One . Since one could not see inside the Holy Place unless one was a kohen [ priest ] and one could not see inside the Holy of Holies unless one was the kohen gadol , everyone else could only imagine what it looked like or what it felt like within , based on descriptions in the Torah . Faith involves holy imagination concerning what it is like within the place of the presence . Holy imagination seeks “ the substance of things hoped for , the evidence of realities not seen .” ( Hebrews 11:1 ).
Though the parokhet was torn , top to bottom , when Yeshua died on the cross , that didn ' t automatically give physical access to everyone into the Holy of Holies . Rather , it provides access to everyone through Yeshua ' s atoning sacrifice — through faith . Faith involves holy imagination concerning what it is like within the place of the presence . The plan of the Holy Place was designed to provoke interest — the beautiful work of the weaver of cheruvim and blue , purple and scarlet into the linen of the curtains surely provoked interest — and that interest was designed to provoke curiosity , and that curiosity was designed to attract people to draw near , not physically , but by faith .
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