Monday November 23rd, 2020
Memorize: Hebrews 10:19-20
« So, brothers and sisters, we are completely free to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, it’s a new and living way opened for us through the curtain, that is, His body, … let us draw near to God »
Read: Mark 15:21-28, 33-37
Although Pilate could find no fault with Jesus, he let his soldiers take Jesus to be crucified. The soldiers made Jesus carry a heavy wooden cross. A large crowd followed them to a hill outside the city.
When they came to a place, which was known as The Skull, the soldiers nailed Jesus to the wooden beams and lifted the cross upright. They also crucified two criminals: one on His right and one on His left.
Then Jesus said, “Forgive them, Father, for they do not know what they are doing.”
The soldiers divided His clothes among themselves, throwing dice to decide who would get each piece.
At midday the sun stopped shining and darkness covered the country for three hours. Suddenly, the thick curtain that hung in the Temple was torn in two. Then Jesus cried out, “Father, into Your hands I commit My spirit.” And with those words, He died.
Why did the Temple curtain tear?
There was a special curtain in the Temple that separated the part where the priests could go from the Most Holy Place behind the curtain (see Exodus 26:33). Only the high priest could enter the Most Holy Place, and only once a year. No one else could enter the Most Holy Place, and live! Sin kept people from meeting with God in the Most Holy Place.
When Jesus died, He took our sin and guilt on Himself and opened a way for us to draw near to God. God Himself tore the curtain from top to bottom to show that everyone is welcome in His presence now. If we ask Jesus to forgive us, He takes away our sin and makes us absolutely pure so that we can go meet with God.
Study questions:
1 – In your own words, explain in details today’s memory verse.
2 – Compose a prayer in which you are thanking Jesus for dying for you on the cross.
Text edited by Naomie
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