The Witness Of St. Jerome And The Rabbis

Friday, July 24, 2026

The New Testament records that when Messiah died, there was an earthquake in Jerusalem, and the temple veil was ripped in two. Jerome, an early church writer, relates that when the veil was ripped in two, the huge lintel in the temple splintered and fell. According to ancient records, the lintel was a 30 ton, 30 ft. long stone. The rabbis record in the Talmud that strange things started happening in the temple around the year 30 A.D. Jerome didn't read the Talmud. It wasn't fully written yet. And the rabbis didn't read Jerome's writings or the New Testament. And yet they give similar accounts of strange things happening around 30 A.D. when Messiah died and rose, and the new covenant went into effect. It all bears witness to the power of Messiah's death - that it opened up what could not be opened before. So no matter what you're going through; when the world, the flesh, and the devil says, "no way," don't you believe it. Messiah made the way. The Word declares and even the rabbis bore witness - in Messiah, there's always a way.

From Message #1112 - The Yoma Mysteries