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206 • T HE S TO RY OF G OD I N C H R I S T : T HE F ULLNESS OF T I ME

The Crucifixion: The Onlookers Matthew 27.45-56

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Key Verse

Matthew 27.51 And behold, the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. And the earth shook, and the rocks were split.

Theme

Christ offers himself as a spotless substitute to be sacrificed for the reconciliation of all things to God.

Darkness covers the land and Jesus’s followers look on from a distance