God's Darkness

Did you know that God has veiled the earth in darkness in the past? The bible tells of this in: (Exo 10:21 KJV) And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt. (Exo 10:22 KJV) And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days: (Exo 10:23 KJV) They saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings. But the worst darkness occurred when Christ was on the cross.

Have you ever wondered why God caused darkness for three hours when His Son was “made sin” for us? For scriptures tells us that (2 Cor 5:21 KJV) For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. and (Mat 27:45 KJV) Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour. The sixth hour is noon and the ninth hour is 3 PM so this darkness lasted for three hours. This darkness was not a solar eclipse for the moon was full because the Passover was the day after Christ died. Also there is still light from the sun’s atmosphere when the brighter photosphere is blacked out by the moon during a solar eclipse as shown below:



No, this darkness was supernatural and so grave and intense that after three hours of it, our Lord cried out in despair as is recorded in: (Mat 27:46 KJV). And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

After studying Habakkuk, I now believe that God veiled the earth in this special darkness in order to hide Himself from this terrible sin of mankind that was put onto our Lord. For there is a verse in Habakkuk that tells us that God cannot look upon that which is sinful: (Hab 1:13 KJV) Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he? If this is true, just think of how terrible it would be to be hidden from God for eternity in a darkness so great that you would never see our glorious God.