Section 4
(Isa. 53:10). Darkness came over all the land because our sin and sins and all negative things were being dealt with. God even forsook Him (Matt. 27:46) because of our sin.
Actually the Lord's persecutors did not kill Him. While He was under their persecution, He was still alive. After the Lord suffered this per secution for three hours, God came in to put Him to death. The darkness that came over the land was a sign of God's coming in. Luke tells us that the darkness came over the whole land, not merely over Jerusalem or Mount Zion. God caused the sun's light to fail.
THE VEIL OF THE TEMPLE TORN DOWN THE MIDDLE
Furthermore, Luke 23:45 says, "The veil of the temple was torn down the middle." Matthew 27:51 tells us that the veil of the temple was torn in two "from the top to the bottom." This tearing of the veil signifies that the separation between God and man was abolished, because the flesh (signified by the veil) of sin, of which Christ had taken on the likeness (Rom. 8:3), had been cru cified (Heb. 10:20). "From the top to the bottom" indicates that the rending of the veil was God's doing from above.