"Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour. And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, 'Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?' that is, 'My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?'...And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice and yielded up his spirit. And behold, the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom, and the earth shook, and the rocks were split. The tombs also were opened. And many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised, and coming out of the tombs after his resurrection they went into the holy city and appeared to many. When the centurion and those who were with him, keeping watch over Jesus, saw the earthquake and what took place, they were filled with awe and said, 'Truly this was the Son of God!"
Matthew 27:45-46;50-54
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"He entered once for all into the holy places, not by means of the blood of goats and calves but by means of his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption. For if the blood of goats and bulls, and the sprinkling of defiled persons with the ashes of a heifer, sanctify for the purification of the flesh, how much MORE will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works to serve the LIVING GOD...
"Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh, and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful."
Hebrews 9:12-14; 10:19-23
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Hannah, thank you for the Scripture references here. I have thought so much about them since I read them on your site.
I don't know how many times I've heard the Matthew portion read - but here's my confession:
I have not previously had my attention drawn to vv 52,53.
Yes, I'd read that the curtain was torn. Yes, I'd read that there was an earthquake. But the other details have been missed.
So, thank you for showing me something very special and new.
(See Psalm 145:4)
ajb
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