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The Four Miracles Surrounding Jesus’ Death
Contributed by Jim Butcher on Feb 28, 2018 (message contributor)
Summary: A look at the four miracles that happened at the death of Jesus (darkness, veil, earthquake, and the resurrected saints) and what the spiritual significance of each was.
- Now, of course, at this moment those in Jerusalem don’t know that Jesus Himself will be resurrected on Sunday. But they will soon.
- So what’s the larger point? I think it’s directly about physical resurrection.
- Jesus didn’t just come to spiritually save our souls, though He did and we’re thankful for that. His death led to His resurrection, which is a forerunner to the physical resurrection that we will experience. 1 John 4:2 emphasizes the importance of Jesus coming in the flesh, saying that it’s a definitive test of whether someone is a spirit from God.
- And then 1 Corinthians 15 goes on at length about what His resurrection means for our resurrection. Verse 17 tells us that if Christ is not resurrected then our faith in futile. Verses 42-44 speaks to the imperishable, glorious, powerful, spiritual nature of the body.
- This, of course, goes against those who think that heaven is all about being a disembodied spirit. Unlike pretty much all other religions, Christianity speaks to a physical body throughout eternity.
- With that in mind, it makes sense that there were physically resurrected people accompanying the death of Christ. It was a foreshadowing of what He was accomplishing.
