What kind of title is that? Horses…high priests. Good for one, good for the other. What’s possessed my feeble peabrain today? No guesses, por favor!

So, let me explain. The Old Testament book of Exodus describes a metal plaque worn front-and-center on the turban of the High Priest in God’s Temple in Jerusalem. It’s called a ‘tzitz’. It was gold-plated and inscribed with these words–‘Holy to the Lord’ (Ex. 28: 36). How appropriate for the High Priest, who should be a man wholly dedicated to his God.

Okay. But what about those horses? Turn to Zechariah chapter 14, which tells about ‘a day (that) is coming’ (v. 1), ‘On that day…’ (v. 4), ‘…a unique day…’ ( v. 7). Which one is that? You’ve probably guessed. When Messiah comes to right the wrongs of this world, He will protect His own, forgive their sins, and extend a welcome mat to all who desire to worship Him. That’s a day worth waiting for, isn’t it? But we’re still wondering about those galloping quadrupeds.

At the end of Zechariah 14, you’ll find out–“And on that day there shall be inscribed on the bells of the horses, ‘Holy to the Lord.’ And the pots in the house of the Lord shall be as the bowls before the altar. And every pot in Jerusalem and Judah shall be holy to the Lord of hosts…” (Zech. 14: 20-21).

High Priests…horse’s bells…kitchen pots–each one holy to the Lord! Everything, significant or not, by our estimation, shines clean as a whistle when God’s day comes. Nothing’s left out. All for His glory and pleasure, which He bountifully shares with us, His believing children.

Won’t that be something? The dawn of a new age. Scrubbed clean from top to bottom, side to side, inside and out. Nothing blemished or off-color. No more flirting with whatever sin tantalizes at the moment. Heaven will be hygienic and immaculate. No more dirt or filthy language. None. All gone and good riddance.

Thankfully, in a way, it’s already begun. When Jesus died on the cross and rose from the dead, a new day dawned, whose sunshine can be felt, its warmth for His own. But the fullness, when sin and death shall be no more, that day is yet to come. I can hardly wait! You too?

Thank you, Jesus, that my best days are just around the corner. Amen.