Daily Walk Through the New Testament

June 17

Read Mark 15:33-16:8

In today’s passage we find the heart of redemption and hope. When Jesus cried out to the Father, “Why have You forsaken Me?” (Vs. 34), He indicated the precise moment He took our sins upon Himself and the Father responded accordingly. The Father, who is so holy He cannot look upon sin, turned away from His Son, who had been made sin on our behalf (2 Corinthians 5:21). Jesus went through the darkness so that we might be brought into the light. He became sin so that we might become righteousness. Jesus’ last words on the cross stand as a clear testimony of God’s love for you, both now and forever.
In those moments that rocked the world, the veil of the temple was torn from top to bottom by divine hands to indicate that now, once and for all, we who come to Jesus may come into the Most Holy Place through His blood.
There’s more. Jesus not only conquered sin, but also death! His resurrection paralyzed the death grip Satan once had on us, and it gives us hope as nothing else.
Scripture documents the facts, details, eyewitnesses, and even the adversaries of Christ’s resurrection. These were recorded so we may believe and be transformed!