It was now about noon, and darkness came over the whole land until three because the sun’s light failed. The curtain of the sanctuary was split down the middle. And Jesus called out with a loud voice, “Father, into Your hands I entrust My spirit.” Saying this, He breathed His last. Luke 23:44-46
Therefore, brothers, since we have boldness to enter the sanctuary through the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way He has opened for us through the curtain (that is, His flesh), and since we have a great high priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed in pure water. Hebrews 10:19-22
My words…
Praise
God, You are the One who makes the impossible possible. It’s impossible for the sun to fail for three hours in the middle of the day. It’s impossible for the sanctuary curtain to split in two down the middle. It’s impossible for one person to carry the guilt of everyone else. Yet it all happened on the same day. You lowered the lights on the stage, opened the curtain, and gave everyone free admission to heaven. Your Son paid the ticket price. Paid in full. Paid in blood.
Prayer for me
Help me grasp a deeper understanding of the price paid that day. I have so few words to go by in the gospels. Your Spirit was there, watching the scene unfold, the scene that had been foretold. I look to You, Spirit, to replace any of my misconceptions with Your perspective. A little at a time is fine.
Forgive me
Forgive me for not falling on my face in gratitude and praise for all that happened that day, the day that changed everything that means anything.
Prayer for others
I think about those who were in the temple when the curtain tore from the top down. There they stood, gaping into the one place they were strictly forbidden to enter. Word must have spread through the temple courtyard and through the city. Hurry! Get a seamstress to repair the curtain! For there couldn’t be a way for just any ole person to enter the Most Holy Place. Impossible!
