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Bible Reading
Introduction
Buildup to the climatic event - death of our Saviour.
Looked at the arrest of Jesus; trial of Jesus etc.
Looked at the crucifixion of Jesus - found guilty!
We will now look at the events surrounding the death of Jesus Christ.
7 things that we will notice.
1.
The Darkness (v.33)
Three hours of complete darkness at midday till 3pm
What was the purpose / meaning of the darkness?
Judgment of God.
We're used to hearing God being spoken of as light
“Light of the World, you stepped down into Darkness…” – now even this light of the world is being crucified, hung, killed, because those in the darkness hated the light.
1 John 1:5 (NIV84)
5This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all.
John 1:4–5 (NIV84)
4In him was life, and that life was the light of men.
5The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it.
So in that sense - God is light... no darkness
But that speaks of God's character and nature
We may be tempted to think that this darkness was thus the removal of God's presence
But that is certainly not the case.
Instead, the darkness represents the very presence of God, but that presence as He comes in judgment
Various texts in the Old Testament refer to darkness being the characteristic of God's judgment being brought
Amos 8:9–10 (NIV84)
9“In that day,” declares the Sovereign LORD, “I will make the sun go down at noon and darken the earth in broad daylight.
10I will turn your religious feasts into mourning and all your singing into weeping.
I will make all of you wear sackcloth and shave your heads.
I will make that time like mourning for an only son and the end of it like a bitter day.
Micah 3:5–7 (NIV84)
5This is what the LORD says: “As for the prophets who lead my people astray, if one feeds them, they proclaim ‘peace’; if he does not, they prepare to wage war against him.
6Therefore night will come over you, without visions, and darkness, without divination.
The sun will set for the prophets, and the day will go dark for them.
7The seers will be ashamed and the diviners disgraced.
They will all cover their faces because there is no answer from God.”
Zephaniah 1:14–15 (NIV84)
14“The great day of the LORD is near— near and coming quickly.
Listen!
The cry on the day of the LORD will be bitter, the shouting of the warrior there.
15That day will be a day of wrath, a day of distress and anguish, a day of trouble and ruin, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness,
What we have then as Christ hangs on the cross is the presence of God, but not as a source of comfort for the Son, but rather in a demonstration of God's judgment.
Link of the darkness to the Passover
Ninth plague in Egypt was a plague of darkness
Darkness was over the land of Egypt for 3 days
It was following that plague of darkness, that the final plague of the death of the firstborn son in every household would be required.
It was this that necessitated the shedding of blood of a lamb, so that those whose doorposts were covered could be spared.
Almost certainly, Mark's readers would have recalled this.
But what was this judgment for?
It was for the sins of people
God was coming in judgment of the sins of people
This would be God's judgment upon the sins of you and I, if we are in Christ.
2 Corinthians 5:21 (NIV84)
21God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
Galatians 3:13 (NIV84)
13Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.”
2. The Cry of Agony (v.34)
This next aspect recorded is closely linked with "The Darkness"
The first was a demonstration fo the judgment of God
This is a revelation to us of the suffering of Christ as He endures that judgment
The 9th hour approaches - that is 3 in the afternoon...
By the ninth hour, Christ had been hanging on the cross for approximately 6 hours
Not only has Jesus been suffering for 3 hours on the cross, but He's endured the reality that the divine judgment of His Father is upon Him.
As He endures, and He at this point is experiencing the full weight of His Father's mighty wrath against HIm.
From Psalm 22...
Messianic Psalm - many references to the cross, Christ's suffering.
The quotation of Jesus identifies Jesus as the righteous One who suffers without cause.
"My God, my God..."
This is the only recorded place where Christ refers to God as my God... always "Father"
This is a cry of intimate knowledge of the Father...
"MY" God... - personal
Repitition = Emphasis... name relates to affection
"Simon, Simon..."
The expression speaks of unshaken faith in God... despite the suffering.
"Why have you forsaken me..."
What do we make of this question?
As already noted - this is not because God had disappeared - God is everywhere!
This was a deep sense of a loss of close fellowship with God
Christ was in this moment not the object of the Fathers gracious kindness and perfect sinless interaction.
Instead, He was experiencing the divine wrath of His Father poured out on Him.
Consider that Christ had been with the Father from all eternity.
There was a perfect inter-trinitarian relationship - Father, Son and Spirit.
Practical Examples of separation...
Benjamin - only mom home, watching TV, suddenly thought she was gone, he was alone.
Husband and wife - arguing / fighting...
Any relationship that we is entered into, when there is a separation - pain
Another sense - sin in life, we feel separated from God!! Christ was bearing our sin!!
3. The Mockery and the Sympathy (v.35-36)
As these bystanders watch, they hear the cry of Jesus.
Notice that the cry was recorded by Mark in the Aramaic - and he then translated to Gk
In all likelihood, the people there would have understood, and heard clearly!!
But they take this cry... twist it... pervert it... say calling Elijah (words similar in Aramaic)
So what was their purpose??
Sarcasm
Malachi 4:5 (NIV84)
5“See, I will send you the prophet Elijah before that great and dreadful day of the LORD comes.
Elijah would precede the Messiah - they would be together.
So where is Elijah?
they ask... mockery of Jesus continued.
Superstition
Elijah didn't die
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