Miracles at the cross
Matthew 27:50-53
Surrounding the cross there was a chain of miraculous events that took place, giving testimony to the uniqueness of Jesus Christ, his claims as the Son of God and that redemption comes thru faith in him.
In the last twenty-four hours, Jesus has been illegally condemned and chosen over Barabbas to be crucified. He was put on the cross around 9am and for the next three hours the crowds, soldiers and religious leaders vented their anger and hatred towards him. Then around noon sudden unexplainable darkness descends on the scene for the next three hours, symbolizing the total separation from God the Father and his Son Jesus Christ. Around 3pm, Christ commits his spirit to the Father and the effect of that produces four proofs as to who he is and the significance of the cross.
The veil in the temple is torn. Jesus is now the new temple and the way to the Father is thru him. Heb10:20 “by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain that is through his flesh”.
The earth shook and the rocks were split, manifesting the glory and power of God. At the giving of the law in Exodus the same event happened, but Paul writes of the law that it was not able to break the hold of death, but now it is.
The graves were opened; the ministration of death has been defeated. The power of death has held each one but no longer. Rom 5:18-19 “just as condemnation for all people came through one transgression, so too through the one righteous act came righteousness leading to life for all people”.
The graves of many saints were raised. This is a picture of the feast of the first fruits and a token of the coming harvest. Death could not hold Jesus nor will it hold us.
Redemption is only thru Jesus Christ, but must be personally applied by each one if us, by receiving him as our savior. Acts 16:31 “believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you shall be saved”.