A Good Friday Thought

A Good Friday Thought

It was now about the sixth hour, and darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour, for the sun stopped shining. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two. Luke 23:44-45

In the darkest hour, when the sun stopped shining, at three o’clock in the afternoon, a marvelous thing was happening. A few hundred yards away, in Herod’s Temple, the veil, our sin, was split top to bottom. The door into the glorious presence of God was flung open. The Lamb is slain, his Blood shattered the veil. The veil that hindered entrance is wide open, now welcoming repentant sinners.

In the darkest hour, when the sun stopped shining, the Light of Life, Jesus Christ of Nazareth, obliterated my sin and yours, gone forever. Blessed darkness. More blessed light. Most precious Lamb of God, slain for me.