Hebrews 6:19 “Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;”
The reason our “hope” is “an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast”, is that it is Sovereignly affixed “within the veil”. In the Old Testament Law Service, “the veil” covered the entrance to “the most holy place” (Exodus 26:34). So “holy” was this “place” that only the high priest could enter it, and he could only enter it one time each year. When our Blessed Lord Jesus Christ Sacrificed Himself to save us from our sins (Matthew 1:21), the “veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom” (Matthew 27:51; Mark 15:38; Luke 23:45), signifying that now the often hidden things of the Old Testament Law Service are now wonderfully open to the “born again” (John 3:1-8) Children of God and that the only priest we need is “the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus” (Hebrews 3:1). The Most Holy Place, behind the “veil” typified “heaven itself” (Hebrews 9:24; 10:19-21) where the Throne of God is, “where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God” (Colossians 3:1). When “the veil” of the earthly “temple was rent in twain”, its rending pointed to the opening of Heaven itself to the Lord’s beloved Children, giving them direct access to our Lord’s Majesty and Glory and Power. We can “therefore” personally and directly, “come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need” (Hebrews 4:16). When we are graciously blessed to come “within the veil”; there we experience such majesty, glory, “love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23 Meekness, temperance” (Galatians 5:22-23), and “hope” that we rise up from our prayers greatly encouraged and strengthened, knowing that we do not face our tribulations alone, but we “rejoice with joy unspeakable” (I Peter 1:8) knowing that we are under the loving care of our Lord’s Sovereign “grace” and that we have obtained “mercy, and” have found “grace to help in” our “time of need”! We go out from “the throne of grace” anchored with such a strong “hope” that we are beaming with joy, confident that our Lord is caring for us and we loudly declare, “I know that my redeemer liveth” (Job 19:25) and “I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.” (Philippians 4:13); and best of all, one Blessed and Holy Day, “I shall see” my Lord “for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another” (Job 19:27)!