A day of memory

August 21- Daily Word—SPECIAL ECLIPSE EDITION— "And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour. And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst." (Luke 23:44)- Of course, there is no prophetical coincidence that I am trying to make with this—except as a form of remembrance. In this passage, Christ had been on the cross for several hours; the sixth hour was @ noon... and suddenly an eclipse darkened the sun. Why? Because God did not want to look upon the suffering of His Son—Now, I am not certain if God used a standard solar eclipse like we will see today, or if He moved His hand to blot it out Himself... but either way, from @ noon to three there was an eclipse. Today, when you look up in the sky to see the sun blotted out, remember that @ 1988 years ago, in a little town @ 6500 miles away called Jerusalem, there was an eclipse, when Jesus of Nazareth, the Son of God, laid down His life so that YOU would not have to spend an eternity in Hell. He died in the dark for you, so that you could live in the light. Let today be a remembrance of that.