Exodus 26:31
And thou shalt make a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work: with cherubims shall it be made: And thou shalt make a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work: with cherubims shall it be made:
The inner veil is that of the tabernacle built by Moses as God's earthly dwelling place in the wilderness sanctuary and temple, which had two apartments, the holy place and the most holy place, with this curtain separating the holy from the most holy while a similar veil closed the entrance to the first apartment. It was a rich and beautiful curtain of different colors and material, embroidered and woven with cherubim in gold and silver threads, with a beautiful border and figures of gold representing angels. Those cherubim worked into the veils and ceiling curtain represent the angelic host connected with the heavenly sanctuary and the ministering angels who serve God's people on earth.
The heavenly sanctuary likewise has two veils as a curtain or door, the first veil opening into the holy place containing the altar of incense, the candlestick with seven lamps, and the table with the showbread, and the second veil, called the second veil, opening into the holy of holies containing the ark with the ten commandments, and the veil can be raised and lifted to give entrance and to show what is inside. The veil marked the boundary of the place sacred to God's presence, where His glory dwelt above the mercy seat, which no person could look upon and live. No one could lift it or enter unbidden without facing death, and only the high priest entered the most holy place once a year on the appointed day, with trembling, while incense concealed the glory from his sight.
In 1844, when the ministration in the holy place ended, Jesus passed in a flaming chariot within this second veil into the most holy place to cleanse the sanctuary. At Jesus' death this richly worked veil separating the sacred inner place was torn from top to bottom, exposing the most holy place to everyone's view. Its tearing showed that the temple's sacrificial service had met its fulfillment in Christ's sacrifice for the sins of the world, and the place where God had met the high priest was no longer recognized as His sacred audience chamber.