At the sixth hour darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour.
Mark 15:33 (NIV)
The unthinkable is happening for three long hours darkness covers the whole land. We can presume that this darkness is the result of God the Father unleashing His wrath upon His Son making “Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God” (2 Corinthians 5:21). When I to imagine this darkness I imagine a darkness that one can almost feel. It is an eerie and unsettling darkness that leaves one cold, chilled to the bone. It is in these hours that Jesus is making atonement for you and for me, bearing our punishment – yours and mine.
Jesus, what can we say, but “THANK YOU!” Help me/us “In view of Your mercies to offer myself as a living sacrifice…” (Romans 12:1) that I/we might “live a life worthy of my calling.” (Ephesians 4:1)
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