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Two thousand years ago, Jesus suffered, And God the Father made His presence known. Three hours of darkness, during those last three hours on the cross. Like an earthly father would respond to torture of their only child, Covering His son in His mourning, not allowing the Romans to enjoy watching the pain they inflicted. Just as predicted more than 700 years before..... "It will be in that day," says the Lord God, "That I will make the sun go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in broad daylight........I will make it like mourning for an only Son, and its end like a bitter day." (Amos 8:9-10) A natural eclipse could not have happened during Passover week, because Passover always falls on the full moon. Only the God of the Universe, who controls the sun and the moon could have caused this to happen as it did. So surreal that it was also recorded by two secular Greek historians (Thallus and Phlegon) and referred to by the second century Christian writer Tertullian, who tells us the event was recorded in the Roman government archives: "At the same time at noonday there was a great darkness. They thought it to be an eclipse, who did not know that this also was foretold concerning Christ. And some have denied it, not knowing the cause of such darkness. And yet you have that remarkable event recorded in your archives." Jesus then cried "It is finished" and exhaled His last breath. "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 27:54) The universe shifted with Jesus' last breath. And it all began with the Temple curtain, the one that separated man from God's holiness, being torn from top to bottom ~ in other words, by the hand of God. (Reminiscent of the ram's horn blown out of the darkness and earthquake at Mt. Sinai, Exodus 19:19 ~ with the sound growing louder and louder, something that cannot happen from human breath. Two covenants, two appearances of Emmanueal, "God-is-with-us.") The death of Jesus ~ the true Lamb of God ~ invited the lovers of God into His Presence, not by our own goodness or our own works, but through His sacrifice for us. The world turned upside down! And the Heavens must have exploded in worship. Though on earth, where we only see shadows of true reality, There was overwhelming grief and confusion among those who loved him. As we know (and must remember)..... Darkness always precedes the dawn!