The Caldwell Commentaries Podcast
Religion & Spirituality
This lesson begins our discussion of the Lord's second three hours on the cross (from noon to 3:00 p.m., or was called the sixth to ninth hours). This time frame began with an eerie, mysterious darkness over the land, and an intense darkness over the Lord Himself as He was separated, for the first and only time ever, from fellowship with the Father.
What were God's reasons for the darkness that shrouded the suffering of His Son from human eyes for three hours?
If Jesus is Deity (and He is), then why would He ask why God had forsaken Him (His fourth saying from the cross)? Did He not know? Yes, He knew! In fact, His knowledge of that mandatory separation, when He literally became the curse of sin for us, was the whole reason for His agony in Gethsemane! Also, the preincarnate Christ answered His own question in the prophetic preview of His cross-work recorded in Psalm 22. Actually, by asking the question, He fulfilled yet one more Messianic prophecy!
One further point of interest: Jesus asked the question so the world would know He paid the FULL wages of death for our sin, which includes not only physical death, but also spiritual deathm (separation from God)!
Deep, theological lesson made easy to understand and to deepen faith and appreciation for "What Jesus Did for YOU" . . . and for me. Critical lesson for every believer; convicting lesson to use evangelistically with every non-believer.
This lesson in written form (with Homework Questions) is in our "Caldwell Commentary" series, "The Life of Christ Vol. 8 (available through www.scripturetruth.com).
Life of Christ Lesson 143: Teaching in a Towel {Humility & Servanthood}
Life of Christ Lesson 142: Preparing the Passover {Judas’ Betrayal}
Life of Christ Lesson 141: Broken and Spilled Out
Life of Christ Lesson 140: Olivet Discourse - Part X {Parable of Sheep and Goats}
Life of Christ Lesson 139: Olivet Discourse - Part IX {Parable of Ten Virgins} - How Jewish Wedding Customs Support a Pre-Tribulation Rapture
Life of Christ Lesson 138: Olivet Discourse - Part VIII {Parable of the Fig Tree}
Life of Christ Lesson 137: Olivet Discourse - Part VII {Signs of Christ’s Second Coming}
Life of Christ Lesson 136: Olivet Discourse - Part VI {The Abomination of Desolation}
Life of Christ Lesson 135: Olivet Discourse - Part V {The Great Tribulation}
Life of Christ Lesson 134: Olivet Discourse - Part IV {The Beginning of Sorrows}
Life of Christ Lesson 133: Olivet Discourse - Part III {Increased Spiritual Deception}
Life of Christ Lesson 132: Olivet Discourse - Part II {Destruction of Jerusalem}
Life of Christ Lesson 131: Olivet Discourse - Part I {Greatest Prophetic Sermon}
Angelology: A Biblical Look at Angels {NEW STUDY}
Life of Christ Lesson 130: The Widow’s Might {Purposeful play on the word ”Mite”}
Life of Christ Lesson 129: The Denunciation Discourse - Part II {Woes and Wailings}
Life of Christ Lesson 128: The Denunciation Discourse - Part I {”Woe Unto You Sermon”}
Life of Christ Lesson 127: Loaded Answers Supplied {Theologically-Loaded Question from a Scribe}
Life of Christ Lessons 126b, c: Loaded Questions Silenced - Part II {Doctrinally-Loaded Question from Sadducees to Mock Resurrection}
Life of Christ Lesson 126a: Loaded Questions Silenced - Part I {Politically-Loaded Question from Pharisees}
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