The Lord is awe-inspiring, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him in Mark 15:37,
“With a loud cry, Jesus breathed his last.”
After being mocked and treated horribly by the Roman soldiers Jesus was raised on a cross and hung to die. What was that moment like? A centurion who was standing in front of Jesus, who heard his death-cry and saw how he died exclaimed, “Surely this man was the Son of God!”
The author of life was put to death by those he created – fulfilling God’s purposes. In a horrific act of rebellion and repudiation of God mankind killed his Creator exposing the depths of mankind’s depravity.
In Mark’s account we read that Jesus took his last breath with a loud cry and the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom (signifying that with the sacrificial death of Jesus Christ all mankind now has free and unfettered access to God.) In Matthew’s account we read the earth shook with a violent earthquake and the rocks split. Tombs broke open and the bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life. Matthew goes on to say the centurion and guards at the scene were terrified. Luke tells us darkness came over the whole land for several hours – the sun stopped shining. Witnesses to the sight beat their breasts and went away.
Surely this was a day like none other experienced by this world. I can only imagine the convulsions that took place in the spiritual realm as “the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms” and the whole heavenly host reacted as the Son of God bore the sin of all mankind on himself that day, giving his life for us.
It just must have been a sight to behold!
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share your theme of worship with us from your Bible reading today. We’d love to hear from you!
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