The sixth hour (noon) that Jesus was on the cross, darkness came over the land. This miracle was not some natural phenomenon. At the first Passover, the ninth plague in Egypt was three-day darkness, followed by the last plague, the death of the firstborn.
 
The darkness of Calvary was an announcement that God’s Firstborn and Beloved Son, the Lamb of God, was giving His life for the sins of the world.
 
Two other remarkable events occurred at His death: an earthquake and the veil in the temple torn in two. The veil had separated man from God.
 
An earthquake also happened at Sinai when the Law was given. But now the Law was fulfilled in Jesus Christ and its curse removed. Through His sacrifice, Jesus had purchased not only freedom from the Law, but also freedom from the entire sacrificial system.
 
The Roman centurion got it right. “Truly this was the Son of God.”