Hi Philip James,Hello marks,
The veil in the Temple was removed, there yet remains a veil..
Heb 10:20
by the new and living way he opened for us through the veil, that is, his flesh,
Peace be with you!
That's just it, Jesus is our anchor which holds through the veil.
It's like in 2 Corinthians 2, a veil remains over the hearts of the Jews, but that veil is removed in Christ.
There is a veil between terrestrial and celestial now. And we only see on this side of that veil, but our walk is by faith, not by sight. It's not about what we experience on this side of the veil, it's about what is true on that side of the veil. And what is true there is that our lives have been hid with Christ in God, and we have been seated together in the heavenly realm, and we are one with our God and Savior, and one with each other.
These things are all current realities, but we do not see them. We see us, disjointed, confused, defeated, all that we see, and sometimes victorious, and sometimes overcoming, but in fact we can overcome at all times because that is who we are in Christ.
Being one with God . . . meditate on that. You who have trusted in Christ are born spirit children of God, sharing His nature, and children of our Heavenly Father. The same power that saved you, recreating you, absolving you of all guilt, giving you resurrection in your life now, and in your being in the age to come,
That same power remains in you to make you holy.
We are holy on that side of the veil, where our true life is, and in God's power - Grace - we overcome our flesh, and live holy on this side of the veil.
We believe what God did for us, and we live in that truth. And that truth is that God loves, and we love also. If we do not love, how is it that we are unified with God?
As towards "2 levels of holiness", how can I take any credit for that which I have received? As if I somehow attain to some higher level by what, my own doing?
Everything I see towards holiness and wickedness, righteousness and evil, light and darkness, life and death, it's all just like that, one or the other.
Everything I see in the Bible towards what God is doing in us as His children is to unify us, to make us partakers with each other in all things, through the unification of His Spirit.
He will reward us each one according to what we've done. God makes clear we will receive for both good and bad as done in our bodies. I understand this to mean that we will each have our individual reward from God, as He says elsewhere, then every man shall receive praise from God.
Much love!