Every Detail a Masterpiece

Bible scholars have identified over 100 prophecies that were fulfilled that dark Friday when Jesus hung on Calvary. Imagine that. One hundred prophecies fulfilled at the cross! Our Abba Father wove a thousand thoughts into every little detail of His Masterpiece. Signpost after signpost pointing the way to Jesus, the corridors of history echoing the Messiah. One of those precious prophecies is one that is so easy to miss, why would we think about the clothes Jesus wore? But this one blows me away, it’s the story of a seamless garment, the one our beautiful Saviour wore!

John 19:23-24 says this about the seamless garment: “𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒅𝒊𝒆𝒓𝒔, 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒄𝒓𝒖𝒄𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒆𝒅 𝑱𝒆𝒔𝒖𝒔, 𝒕𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝑯𝒊𝒔 𝒈𝒂𝒓𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒔, 𝒕𝒐 𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒅𝒊𝒆𝒓 𝒂 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒄. 𝑵𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒄 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒎, 𝒘𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒑 𝒊𝒏 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒑𝒊𝒆𝒄𝒆. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒗𝒆𝒔, ‘𝑳𝒆𝒕 𝒖𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒊𝒕, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒍𝒐𝒕𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒊𝒕, 𝒘𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆,’ 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒑𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒎𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒃𝒆 𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒇𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒔𝒂𝒚𝒔: ‘𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒅𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒚 𝒈𝒂𝒓𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒎𝒚 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒍𝒐𝒕𝒔.’” What was so incredibly important about this seamless garment? About this robe that was woven in one piece?

Going back in time to Exodus 28, we first discover an ornate, seamless robe made especially for the High Priest. A robe woven with great care, not something that anyone else would wear because of the great cost. This robe was worn by the one who would enter the Holy of Holies, on behalf of the children of Israel, and bring offerings to the Great I Am for the sins of His chosen ones. The priest was taught that he must never tear his clothes, for if he did, he would invalidate his ministry as High Priest. Jesus wore that garment—that precious, seamless robe of the High Priest!

Have you ever noticed that when Jesus stood on trial before Caiaphas, the High Priest, Caiaphas ripped his garments once he had finished questioning Jesus?! “𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒈𝒉 𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝑯𝒊𝒎, “𝑫𝒐 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒘𝒆𝒓 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈? 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒚 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒕 𝒀𝒐𝒖?” 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝑱𝒆𝒔𝒖𝒔 𝒌𝒆𝒑𝒕 𝒔𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒕. 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒈𝒉 𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝑯𝒊𝒎, “𝑰 𝒑𝒖𝒕 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒂𝒕𝒉 𝒃𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑮𝒐𝒅: 𝑻𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒖𝒔 𝒊𝒇 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑪𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝑮𝒐𝒅!”𝑱𝒆𝒔𝒖𝒔 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒊𝒎, “𝑰𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅. 𝑵𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔, 𝑰 𝒔𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝑴𝒂𝒏 𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑷𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒖𝒅𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒏.”𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒈𝒉 𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔, 𝒔𝒂𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈, “𝑯𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒌𝒆𝒏 𝒃𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒑𝒉𝒆𝒎𝒚! 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒇𝒖𝒓𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝒅𝒐 𝒘𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒔? 𝑳𝒐𝒐𝒌, 𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝑯𝒊𝒔 𝒃𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒑𝒉𝒆𝒎𝒚!” (Matthew 26:62-65) In rage and self-righteousness, he tore his robe and disqualified himself from the priesthood! Why? Caiaphas had been replaced! Replaced by a High Priest who would go to the cross as an offering for the sins of the world!

I love how the Father does all things well, right down to the tiniest detail. Christ’s seamless robe was never torn; the soldiers cast lots for this precious garment, and it remained intact for all time! It is the seamless robe of Jesus, our High Priest, who sits at the right hand of God, forever making intercession for us!