Matthew 27:64 Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error shall be worse than the first.

Looking for something a little different for Easter Sunday I began searching the scriptures for something that I might have overlooked in all my readings of this glorious event that happened this day, so long ago. Praise the Lord, I found this.

“So the last error shall be worse than the first.”

Here we have words from the chief priests and the Pharisees to Pilate. They are saying, we made a mistake, let’s not make things worse. Let us not compound our mistake. We buried our mistake, let’s not have it dug up again.

I see a change in attitude here between when they begged Pilate to crucify Jesus and His burial. I do not know what that entailed. I don’t even want to speculate. What I would like to concentrate upon is the issue of mistakes and not allowing the last mistake to be the worst mistake.

We have all made mistakes. We know it. What are you going to do about it? The past is the past and there is nothing I can do about it. True? Yes, of course it is true. So what are we to do about it? Hidden within the verses after the one quoted is another profound offering.

V 65-66 Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch: go your way, make it as sure as ye can. So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch.

Be sure that the last choice you make is the right choice, be as sure as you can. We who believe have been baptized into Christs death, we have been sealed by the Holy Spirit and we wait and watch for His second coming. Those mistakes, our sin, Jesus took and laid them before the Father to be reconciled by faith in Christ, the one who is the Atonement.

Your last mistake, if you make it, will be your worst, that being to reject that free will offering of forgiveness of your mistakes. Choose wisely, make sure.