Three Miracles on the Cross
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From the point of it going dark to Jesus giving up his spirit, I want to show you three miracles
Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour.
And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” that is, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”
And some of the bystanders, hearing it, said, “This man is calling Elijah.”
And one of them at once ran and took a sponge, filled it with sour wine, and put it on a reed and gave it to him to drink.
But the others said, “Wait, let us see whether Elijah will come to save him.”
And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice and yielded up his spirit.
And behold, the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. And the earth shook, and the rocks were split.
vs. 45 Three Hours of Darkness
vs. 45 Three Hours of Darkness
The first miracle we see is three hours of darkness
When Jesus was born, the night sky around Bethlehem was filled with supernatural light as “the glory of the Lord shone around” the shepherds in the field (Luke 2:9).
John spoke of Jesus as “the light of men”
The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world.
Jesus spoke of Himself as “the light of the world”
Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
But the first miraculous sign that accompanied Jesus’ death was not glorious light but darkness.
From the sixth hour (noon), when the sun is at its zenith, supernatural darkness fell upon all the land until the ninth hour
The prophet Joel foretold this
a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and thick darkness! Like blackness there is spread upon the mountains a great and powerful people; their like has never been before, nor will be again after them through the years of all generations.
There are several reports outside the Bible of it being strangely dark
Why did God make the earth go dark?
Darkness is always a sign of judgment
I think it was symbolic of the sin that was placed on Jesus
vs. 46 Why Have You Forsaken Me?
vs. 46 Why Have You Forsaken Me?
The second miracle is something called the sovereign departure
At the ninth hour Jesus cried out “My God, why have you forsaken me?”
Jesus was crying out in anguish because of the separation He now experienced from His heavenly Father for the first and only time in all of eternity
Jesus is quoting Psalm 22
My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, from the words of my groaning?
Because the Son had taken sin upon Himself, the Father turned His back
This is a mystery that is so profound
In some way and by some means, in the secrets of divine sovereignty and omnipotence, the God-Man was separated from God for a brief time at Calvary, as the furious wrath of the Father was poured out on the sinless Son, who in matchless grace became sin for those who believe in Him
God turned His back when Jesus was on the cross because He could not look upon sin
You who are of purer eyes than to see evil and cannot look at wrong, why do you idly look at traitors and remain silent when the wicked swallows up the man more righteous than he?
because Jesus died as a substitute sacrifice for the sins of the world, the righteous heavenly Father had to judge Him fully according to that sin.
But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed.
Jesus did not die as a martyr to a righteous cause or simply as an innocent man wrongly accused and condemned
For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
Jesus did for a while cease to know the intimacy of fellowship with His heavenly Father
because Jesus died as a substitute sacrifice for the sins of the world, the righteous heavenly Father had to judge Him fully according to that sin.
vs. 47-48 I Thirst
vs. 47-48 I Thirst
After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, said (to fulfill the Scripture), “I thirst.”
vs. 49 Yielded Up Spirit
vs. 49 Yielded Up Spirit
The third miracle of the cross was Christ’s self-giving death
Jesus did not gradually fade away
He willingly went to the cross and willingly gave up his spirit
The last words the Lord cried out from the cross were first, “It is finished” (John 19:30), indicating that the work His Father had sent Him to accomplish was complete
When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, “It is finished,” and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.
yielded up has the basic meaning of letting go or sending away
Jesus’ life was not taken from Him by men, but rather He surrendered His spirit by the conscious act of His own sovereign will.
Dr Tony Evans says When Jesus died he said “It is finished” not “I am finished”