Marcos 15

Marcos 15

Sproul - It is the cross … that reveals the most violent and mysterious outpouring of the wrath of God that we find anywhere in Scripture. Darkness fell over the whole land until the ninth hour - This is supernatural darkness, for it was the middle of the day. This was the Father crushing His Son just as prophesied in Isaiah 53:10-11 "The Lord was pleased to crush Him, putting Him to grief” in order that “as a result of the anguish of His soul,” He might justify many by bearing their iniquities." How widespread was the darkness? We cannot state with certainty but given that the Greek word for land (ge) is translated "earth" (165 times in 213 NT occurrences), would strongly suggest this was global darkness. And although Satan is the prince of the power of the air and of darkness, this darkness was not devilish but divine. Neither was it natural (an eclipse) but it was supernatural. Was in global darkness? The scriptures do not really tell us. Lk 23:45 does say "the sun was obscured" which might suggest global darkness (but I am speculating). The main point is that Jesus bore the WHOLE sin debt for the WHOLE world so "that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life." (Jn 3:16). And that's NOT speculation! As John