God is in the details
For most of Israel, that Friday had nothing to do with the the King of Kings-it was about preparing the Passover.
The high priest had set requirements that he had to complete to prepare himself to enter the Holy of Holies. Preparing for Passover and the remembrance of God’s deliverance required preparation and precision(𝘎𝘰𝘥’𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘴, 𝘺𝘦𝘴?).
Everything faithfully had to be just right, no detail left unattended. Only the high priest entered at the appointed time into the Holy of Holies-the pressure certainly had intensity as he prepared to enter into the very presence of God, his heart preparing to crawl under the veil of the temple that separated God from man. One wrong decision while in there meant certain death.
As a planner by nature, I imagine the high priest faithfully checking off his to-do list in preparation for his yearly meeting with God.
Even with all the pressure to perform, there could be relief knowing he would be in the presence of perfection and fulfilling his priestly obligation to the people of Israel; however, his world was preparing to shake and forever change.
𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙗𝙚𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙙, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙣 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙬𝙤, 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙤𝙥 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙤𝙩𝙩𝙤𝙢. 𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙝 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙠, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙤𝙘𝙠𝙨 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙨𝙥𝙡𝙞𝙩. Mᴀᴛᴛʜᴇᴡ 27:51
The veil of the temple-woven as intricately as the human race, a woven shield that protected from an Almighty holiness higher than we can humanly comprehend-shredded top to bottom.
This very shredding was not on the checklist of the high priest that afternoon.
𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙫𝙚𝙞𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙡𝙮 𝙬𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤𝙥 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙤𝙩𝙩𝙤𝙢, 𝙧𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙎𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙤𝙧 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙛𝙪𝙡𝙛𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙃𝙞𝙨 𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙝𝙡𝙮 𝙙𝙪𝙩𝙮 𝙖𝙨 𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙡-𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘃𝗲𝗶𝗹 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗻𝗼 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗱.
