Suffering God's Judgment on the Cross (1)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Bible Verses~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Luke 23:44 And it was now about the sixth hour, and darkness
fell over the whole land until the ninth hour. Isa. 53:10 But
Jehovah was pleased to crush Him, to afflict him with grief.
When He makes Himself an offering for sin, He will see a seed,
He will extend His days. 1 Pet. 3:18 For Christ also has
suffered once for sins, the Righteous on behalf of the
unrighteous.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Words of Ministry~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The sixth hour mentioned in verse 44 was, according to our way
of reckoning time, twelve o'clock noon. According to Matthew
27:45, darkness was over all the land from the sixth hour until
the ninth hour, that is, from twelve o'clock noon until three
o'clock in the afternoon. Who caused darkness to come over the
land? Of course, the high priest, Pilate, and the Roman
soldiers were not able to do this. The only one who could cause
darkness to come at noon was God.
This darkness was an indication that the righteous God had come
in to judge the Lord Jesus as our Substitute and Redeemer. He
was the unique, universal Substitute for mankind. From nine
o'clock until noon, He was persecuted by the Jews and Romans as
a martyr. But from noon until three o'clock He was dying not as
a martyr, but as the Substitute for sinners. Because God
recognized Him as our Redeemer, God came in to judge Him. This
means that during the last three hours the Lord was on the
cross, He was judged by God for the accomplishment of our
redemption. It was during this time that God counted Him as our
suffering Substitute for sin (Isa. 53:10). Darkness came over
all the land because our sin and sins and all negative things
were being dealt with. God even forsook Him (Matt. 27:46)
because of our sin.
Actually the Lord's persecutors did not kill Him. While He was
under their persecution, He was still alive. After the Lord
suffered this persecution for three hours, God came in to put
Him to death. The darkness that came over the land was a sign
of God's coming in. Luke tells us that the darkness came over
the whole land, not merely over Jerusalem or Mount Zion. God
caused the sun's light to fail.
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(c) 2007 Living Stream Ministry. Bible verses are taken from
the Recovery Version of the Bible (RcV) and Words of Ministry,
from Witness Lee, Life-study of Luke, p. 453. Both are
published by Living Stream Ministry, Anaheim, CA. (Repeat
5/8/02)
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