Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way opened for us through the curtain, that is, his body, and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near to God with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water.
Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching. (Hebrews 10:19-25)
Today is not an ordinary day. No, today almost 2000 years ago, one man was executed for a crime he did not commit. On the calendar it is recognized as “Good Friday,” but I started to think about this why do we call it good friday? There wasn’t anything good that happened on that day. On that day, Jesus Christ was brought before the crowds that He healed, He taught, He loved, and shared His life with. He never once pleaded His case, He simply took on the sins of the world. He stood there as a sinless man and took on every sin of men and women before Him and the ones who would come after Him. Then He was whipped, crowned with thorns, led up a hill, and hung on a cross. I haven’t seen anything good yet! In fact, the people of Jesus day were probably losing hope, not knowing that He was about to follow through on every prophecy in the Old Testament.
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