DAILY READINGS: 2 Samuel 22; Jeremiah 6; Ephesians 1:1-14
It was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the
earth until the ninth hour. Luke 23:44
At the birth of the Saviour, darkness was illuminated by the glory
of the Lord. At His death, the brightness of the mid-day light was
darkened. It was not an eclipse, nor ordinary darkness, but rather a
supernatural event. Men had never experienced a darkness like it.
God in infi nite wisdom chose to withdraw light from the scene of
our Lord’s crucifi xion. We cannot fully understand what our Lord
endured during those hours of darkness. By faith we believe it and
that He endured it for us. —John M. Clegg
Well might the sun in darkness hide and shut His glories in,
When the incarnate Maker died, for man, His creature’s sin. —Isaac Watts