by the new and living way opened for us through the curtain of His body,
Verse 20. By a new and living way. By a new method or manner. It was a mode of access that was till then unknown. No doubt many were saved before the Redeemer came, but the method by which they approached God was imperfect and difficult. The word which is here rendered new --προσφατον-- occurs nowhere else in the New Testament. It properly means slain, or killed thereto; i.e.
By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; (h) So Christ's flesh shows us the Godhead as if it were under a veil, For otherwise we could not stand the brightness of it.
Believers have boldness to enter God's holy presence and a High Priest in Jesus who mediates all our access. The blood of Christ, sprinkled on the conscience, chases away slavish fear and gives assurance of safety and welcome into the divine presence both here in grace and hereafter in glory.
AI summary
Commenting on Hebrews 10:19-39