Sermon Tone Analysis

The Cross Leaves Christ Forsaken.

Darkness - This is a sign of Judgment.

sixth hour … until the ninth hour.

From noon until 3:00 p.m. Josephus says that the ninth hour was the time when Jews offered the daily evening sacrifice.

This cannot be explained as an eclipse, for it was Passover time and with a full moon an eclipse is not possible.

This cannot be explained as an eclipse, for it was Passover time and with a full moon an eclipse is not possible.

This is judgment.

Amos 9:8

Amos

He’s calling Elijah.

See note on v. 46.

Elijah was expected before the Lord’s coming (), but in rabbinic tradition he also was thought to act like an angel and help rabbis in need.

This cannot be explained as an eclipse, for it was Passover time and with a full moon an eclipse is not possible.

44 verses where Jesus Addresses Christ as Father!

v. verse (in the Chapter being commented on)

Leon Morris, The Gospel according to Matthew, The Pillar New Testament Commentary (Grand Rapids, MI; Leicester, England: W.B. Eerdmans; Inter-Varsity Press, 1992), 719.

a.

The horror of the cross means that there is something more dreadful than physical torment.

anaboáō: To shout with unusually loud volume—‘to cry out, to scream.’

anaboáō

Tim Keller States,

Up to this moment, Jesus has been unbelievably calm.

Didn’t you see that all the way through last week, when we looked at the arrest?

He is always so calm.

He is always so poised.

No matter what happens to him, no matter how much physical suffering, no matter how much emotional or psychological suffering, he is completely in control.

He never complains.

He’s always poised.

He never raises his voice.

anaboáō

What makes Jesus suddenly break out into a scream?

anaboáō: To shout with unusually loud volume—‘to cry out, to scream.’

a.

The horror of the cross means that there is something more dreadful than physical torment.

What makes Jesus who has been quit up to this point suddenly break out into a scream?

b.

The horror of the cross is that Christ was rejected by the Father.

Think about this if you have an acquaintance that cuts you off it is no big deal.

If you have a dear friend that cuts you off that can be extremely difficult.

If you have a beloved spouse that cuts you off you almost never recover from that.

Even that analogy comes short of Christ’s relationship with the Father!

In the Gospels Jesus addresses God as Father every time except this single exception.

“Hell came to Calvary that day, and the Savior descended into it and bore its horrors in our stead.”

William Hendriksen

William Hendriksen

William Hendriksen

Michael J. Wilkins, Matthew, The NIV Application Commentary (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House, 2004), 903.

anaboáō

God dies like a man.

Christ was abandoned so that we might be adoption.

It is not the same as having a forever family!

Jesus was abandoned so that we might be adopted!

The Cross Eliminates Separation.

The Cross Eliminates Separation.

Matthew

a. Sin established a barrier between God and Man.

b.

The cross bridges the divine/human divide.

The sixty-foot-high curtain was split from top to bottom, which is a sign that God himself abolished the separation from the Holy of Holies, signifying that the new and living way is now open for all people to enter into his presence through the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross (; ).

The tearing of the temple curtain testifies that Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross has fulfilled the hopes expressed in Israel’s years of temple sacrifice.

Jesus is the great high priest, whose sacrifice is the permanent satisfaction of God’s wrath on humanity’s sin ().

Jesus is the permanently accessible new temple in whom all who turn to him are reconciled to the Father.

Matt 27:

The Cross Brings Resurrection.

Matt 27:52-

a. Christ’s death means life for the saints.

b.

Christ’s death mean hope for the sinner.