If The Levitical Priesthood Was "Done Away" Why Didn't God Close The Temple Down When Christ Was Sacrificed?

Levites Not Given Redundancy Notices

We know that at Christ's sacrifice the veil of the temple was torn in two. We read this in Matthew 27:50.

Matthew 27:50 ¶ Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. 51 And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;52 And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,

(As an aside maybe these events had much to do with convincing many people in Jerusalem that Jesus of Nazareth was indeed the Messiah, such that 3000 of them were baptised about seven weeks later at Pentecost).

Why Wasn't the Altar Swallowed in The Earth-Quake?

Back to the subject: If the Levitical priesthood was metaphorically being served with "redundancy" notices at that point, then why then didn't the earthquake, swallow up the great altar at the same time - nothing else just the altar? That would have done the trick wouldn't it? Then just as it was clear to the Church that the split in the veil meant that we now have direct access to talk to God the Father, it would have been equally clear that sacrifices were no longer necessary.

Why Didn't God Strike The High Priest Down?

Or why not strike the High Priest and His sons with a lightning bolt, after all they'd been ringleaders in executing Christ? That would have been another neat way of settling the problem. God allowed them to continue, arguably deliberately because since the days of the Exodus the Levitical priesthood (good or bad - remember Aaron's first sons and Eli's son's) has been an integral part of his plan.

Why Did Got Wait ~40 Years After Christ's Sacrifice To Stop The Sacrifices?

Some might argue that when Titus and his Roman legions arrived in AD70, the temple was destroyed, the sacrifices stopped and that’s when the Levites “got their redundancy notices” (if they were lucky enough to escape with their lives). But if that’s so, why did God wait ALMOST FORTY YEARS after Christ’s crucifixion to close down the temple? Does this mean then that the Levitical priesthood was just in some sort of limbo for that period of time? Redundant, but nobody told them? You'd have to say that was more than just a BIT of a loose end wouldn't you ? Did God forget? Did God think: "Well actually it doesn't really matter"? The symbolism isn't THAT important.

Arguably not.

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In Acts, a small predictable change to one "Old Testament" law about the circumcision of gentile proselytes caused massive turmoil in the predominantly Jewish first century church. Why then, isn't any comparable fuss recorded in the New Testament if most of the other Old Testament laws were "done away". Is the written Torah law really " done away" in Galatians?