Through the Curtain

 Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh, and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. (Hebrews 10:19–22 ESV)

 By instructing His disciples, and ultimately all of us, to pray in His name, Jesus was telling us that we have the right to come boldly before God’s throne of grace, because we are members of God’s family through the acceptance of Jesus’ sacrifice for our sins.

 Prior to the new covenant established by Jesus’ death on the cross, the faithful had access to God and redemption of sins through the sacrificial system of the temple.

 God was considered to be dwelling in the Holy of Holies, the innermost part of the temple, which was divided from the rest of the temple by a thick curtain. Only the high priest was allowed into the Holy of Holies, and only on one day of the year.

 Upon Jesus’ death, that veil was torn in two. Since His death and resurrection and the imparting of the Holy Spirit, we have the privilege of accessing God directly. —P. Amsterdam [1]

 The Our Father is the fundamental Christian prayer. So, it is from this prayer of the Lord that we can understand what prayer is. The Christian's prayer is to talk to God by calling him Abba, Father, Dad. —Anonymous

[1] P. Amsterdam Anchor God’s Eternal Plan