Mark 15:42-47 Pass the Ointment Please!

In today's verses we have an account of a righteous man, Joseph of Arimathea who donated a tomb for Jesus' body to be placed in.   He asked for permission from Pilate to take Jesus' body away, Pilate agreed, and the burial preparations were made.    Joseph wrapped Jesus' body in a linen cloth, and had a stone rolled in front of the tomb.

Luke's gospel goes into a little more detail, in that the women from Galilee were preparing to put spices and ointments on Jesus' body, as was customary, but they ran out of time because it was time for Sabbath.

Remember that whole conversation that Jesus had with people who complained about this woman that poured expensive perfume on him in Mark 14?   Mark 14:8 "She has done what she could and has anointed my body for burial ahead of time"   Not a coincidence!

Everything to God's timing, and His plans.   Before his death, somehow, some way that only Jesus could, he knew that this perfume was going to be needed, while others did not.   

Again, we worry way to much about things that we have no control over, yet this example in one of many of how God is in control.   Praise God!