Imagine how bad it is, How can on look at the law and see how desperate the human condition was.
God was relegated to an inner closet in and tabernacle or temple system. and the ONLY way man could be in his presence was that he had to be one man. Had to be a high priest. And he had to do these very set rules and ceremonies to make himself clean. And if he did not do everyone 100 % perfect. he was killed the moment he entered. They had to tie a rope to them, in case the body died, so it would not make the inner room unclean..
yet the workers who say the cross is nto enough. WHAT?? they need to study the law.. and realize what it represented..
How can I, a person, who is not a priest Enter the presence of God. when the righteous men of the OT could not..
The penalty of sin is removed, the barrier between God and man, the veil which seperates us, is removed.