As Jesus died upon the cross Matthew records that He yielded up His Spirit with a great cry. Luke records that on the day of Pentecost, fifty days later, that same Spirit would come from heaven with the noise of a violent, rushing wind, like a storm or tempest, as the same word for an…
As Jesus died upon the cross and the glory of God’s Spirit departed the earthly tent of His flesh the veil of the temple was torn in two signifying multiple spiritual truths. Jesus’ whole life was intimately connected with the temple as the dwelling place or tabernacle of His Father (see Joh 1:14), so the…
On Thursday of Passion Week as Jesus was raised upon the cross about noon a supernatural darkness came over the land corresponding to the spiritual sun going down at noon upon the Jewish nation. Their Messiah had come, but what ought to have been the brightest time of day was turned to darkness by their…
When Jesus died, the veil of the temple was torn in two to reflect the rending of His own flesh that like an ignoble jar of clay had concealed the hidden glory of God; cf. Jdg 7:16,19, 2Co 4:6-7. As He yielded up His Spirit that the Jews would not have fill their temple, the…
From even His youth, Jesus’ life on earth was bound up with the temple in Jerusalem, which represented the presence of His Heavenly Father. At His baptism the heavens were torn open (Mar 1:10, ESV) from which God’s Spirit descended upon Him to become the living temple of His Spirit during His ministry on earth. …
In terms of salvation history, the coming of the Messiah ought to have been the brightest time of day for the Jewish nation. But as God gave them over to their own will and they raised Jesus upon the cross, a supernatural darkness descended upon the land to mark the going down of their sun…
Having zealously sought their will against Jesus, the religious leaders, representing all those throughout the ages who persistently resist God’s will, were finally granted their petition as God gave them over to the darkness of their hearts, as if to say, “Thy will be done”. But as C.S. Lewis noted, although everyone ultimately gets what…
At His baptism the Holy Spirit of God descended upon Jesus and remained upon Him throughout His ministry (Luk 3:21-22, Joh 1:33). Then, at the end of His ministry, in the Garden of Gethsemane, which name means an olive press, He was pressed for the oil of His Spirit by the weight of the decision…
For the religious leaders who had Jesus put to death, it was the preparation day for the Passover, which took place on the 14th day of the month. Jesus and His disciples, reckoning the first of the month a day earlier than those in Jerusalem based on the sometimes ambiguous sighting of the new moon,…
It is Thursday afternoon of Passion Week. Jesus and His disciples had celebrated the Passover the night before, reckoning the fourteenth of the first month a day earlier than the officials in Jerusalem based on their sighting of the new moon, which at times is ambiguous, especially depending upon one’s location. It was therefore the…