“The bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life” – Jesus’ death is not the end because God has power over death and will raise Jesus to life.Recently, he wrote the tune ‘There Was Jesus’ which spoke about his journey. From that moment on, he started to use his gift of music to give praise to the Lord’s Name. “The earth shook and the rocks split” – This shows the power of God at work in the world (Matthew records that there was also an earthquake at the resurrection ). There was Jesus Zach Williams rose to fame with his worship anthem, ‘Chainbreaker.’ After years as a heavy rocker and drug addiction, Zach turned to God.Ordinary men and women can now approach God directly. With the death of Jesus, forgiveness of sins is now available to everyone. The destruction of the curtain symbolises that God is no longer to be thought of as living behind a curtain in the Jewish temple, accessible only through the high priest. On this day, the sins of the whole nation were forgiven, ready for the start of the new year. Only the high priest, once a year on the Day of Atonement, could ever go behind the curtain into God’s presence.

“The curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom” – The temple curtain hung between the Holy Place and the Holy of Holies, where the Jews believed God dwelt.Matthew records that when Jesus died there were a number of strange events, which may have been symbolic: There was the belief that Elijah would come and help a person in trouble. Some people misheard Jesus and thought he was calling for the prophet Elijah. When Jesus cried out for a final time, he knew that he had done God’s will and that his life was ending in triumph. However, the psalm ends in triumph, acknowledging God as king. Historian Paul Maier told me: I don’t think there is anything wrong with the concept of Jesus being married. The prophet Amos also spoke of God’s judgement and that darkness would fall in the middle of the day.Īs he was dying, Jesus cried out in his spoken language of Aramaic, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” This translates as “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” Jesus was quoting from Psalm 22 and it sounds as if he is in despair and feeling totally abandoned, even by God. Even though there’s no reliable evidence Jesus had a wife, scholars have varying opinions about whether it would pose any theological problem if somehow we discovered he had been married. Verse 1 Every time I tried to make it on my own Every time I tried to stand and start to fall All those lonely roads that I have travelled on, there was Jesus Verse 2 When the life I built came crashing to the ground When the friends I had were nowhere to be found I couldn't see it then but I can see it now, there was Jesus Chorus 1 In the waiting, in the searching, in the healing and the. In the Old Testament darkness was a sign of God’s judgement, and one of the ten plagues that God sent to Egypt was darkness that covered the land for three days. This darkness may have had a natural cause, but it is most likely symbolic - the crucifixion of God’s son is one of the darkest times in history. Matthew records that during this time “darkness came over all the land”. In Jesus’ day the first hour was 6am, so this means he was on the cross from 12 noon to 3pm. Jesus was on the cross from the sixth hour until the ninth hour. A painting of the crucifixion by Jean Francois Portaels (1886) in Saint Jacques Church, Brussels Understanding the text

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