Bible Verse of The Day – 10-7-20

Matthew 27:50 (NKJV) 50 And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice, and yielded up His spirit.

When Jesus breathed His last breath and died, many things happened in the spiritual realm that are extremely significant.

All of these things are miraculous in one way or another. Some are downright incredible and even hard to fathom.

Over the next few days, we will be taking a look at these things and seeing what they mean on a larger scale, both to us as individuals and to the kingdom of God as a whole.

There is a lot to be gleaned from these verses!

Let’s start today with verse 50, above.

I am often baffled by death; the process of it. It is odd to me that a person is here one second, and quite literally gone the next. They are alive, thinking and breathing, and then their body is simply lifeless.

In reality, the person is not dead. They have simply left their body. Their spirit has vacated its earthly habitat.

I witnessed the death of my mother as she passed away from cancer at the very young age of 46 years. Up until her last few breaths she was coherent and speaking to us.

She knew that she was leaving. She said so, and she even told us (Pastor Ellie, me and my 4 sisters) not to cry, that everything would be OK and it was her time to go.

Shortly after this, she said “goodbye”, closed her eyes, her breathing got more and more shallow until she simply breathed her last breath, and then she was gone.

Her body was still there in her bed, but she was gone. Her spirit had left.

As I read about the death of Jesus, I see some of the same things happening. He knew it was His time. He had been brutally tortured by the Romans. His body had endured all it could take.

And when it was time, He cried out with a loud voice and breathed His last breath, vacating His earthly body and leaving it behind, at least temporarily.

One of the miracles that happened was the fact that Jesus died after a relatively short time on the cross.

Many people would take 24 hours or more to die from crucifixion. Jesus, however, died after just 6 hours.

His work was done. He had completed His purpose. There was no reason for Him to remain alive for 24 hours or more on the cross, simply to suffer and be further shamed and ridiculed.

So, after roughly 6 hours, He breathed His last.

Tomorrow we will look at some of the things that happened immediately after he breathed that last breath.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bradford, RI 02808

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