God wept

## Three

There's so much going on during the last few moments of Jesus' life on the cross that we can miss little pieces that can speak to us. Numbers play a role of interpretation in many passages, and I believe this is no different. When you see the number three, for example, you should start looking in the context of the story to see if there is something more. Three is mostly recognized by believers as the three-in-one or Triune God; God is One being and three persons. The hour when the Son is killed in order to redeem all mankind from its sinful state, we read there was darkness over the land for three hours. I don't find it far-fetched to see it as God as a whole mourning; not just the Son, or the Father but also the Holy Spirit. The Son is dying a death for our sins, and the Father must watch His only Son die.

## Creation Mourns

Luke adds an interesting detail that the other Gospel writers did not write which is "while the sun's light failed." One of the major constants in our Universe is the Sun, and it brings light and heat to our world. It wasn't a figurative three hours of darkness, but literal. The darkening of the Sun shows us: 1) God is in control- even over the Sun which we need to stay alive. 2) Creation mourns the death of the Son. In other words, the Sun could not do its job and failed.

## Self-Check

I would summarize these verses in two words: God wept. Aren't you glad darkness did not stay? Jesus was only in the grave for three days, and the glory of the Son became light into our souls.

That light will display itself on the Earth once again when He returns and restores Creation back to its sinless state. Aren't you glad that though the sun would fail, the Risen King does not?

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