Day of Atonement and the veil of the Temple as explained in Willmington's Guide to the Bible

“The veil that was torn, or rent, divided the holy place from the holy of holies, into which only the high priest might enter on the Day of Atonement (see Ex. 26:31, note; Lev. 16:1–30). The tearing of that veil, which was a type of the human body of Christ (Heb. 10:20), signified that a ‘new and living way’ was opened for all believers into the very presence of God, with no other sacrifice or priesthood except Christ’s (cf. Heb. 9:1–8; 10:19–22). Although the graves were opened at the time of Christ’s death (vs. 50, 51), the bodies did not arise until ‘after his resurrection’ (v. 53). Christ is the firstborn from among the dead (Col. 1:18; Rev. 1:5) and ‘the first fruits of them who slept’ (1 Cor. 15:20). It is not said that these bodies returned to their graves. The wave sheaf (Lev. 23:10–12) typifies the resurrection of Christ, but it would appear from the symbol used that plurality is implied. It was a single ‘corn of wheat’ that fell into the ground in the crucifixion and entombment of Christ (Jn. 12:24); it was a sheaf which came forth in resurrection. The inference is that these saints went with the risen Christ into heaven.” Harold Willmington, Willmington’s Guide to the Bible (Tyndale House Publishers, 1981), 334.

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