The Three Hours of Darkness

# 747- Today's Du-votional comes from: Mr 15:33 “Now when the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour. From noon to three, while Jesus hung on the cross, a supernatural, miraculous darkness overtook the entire earth. I personally believe that God was using this darkness to paint a very important picture for us. This darkness was used to picture the reality of the spiritual victory being wrought in heaven at this very hour of the passion of Christ. We read about in in Re 12:7-9, “And war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought with the dragon; and the dragon and his angels fought, 8 but they did not prevail, nor was a place found for them in heaven any longer. 9 So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.” Until this time, the devil had access to God's ear, (read the Book of Job) Job 1:6 Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came among them.” But no more! This darkness was a symbolic display of the darkness of the devil and his demons being cast down to earth, in numbers so thick that the light of the sun was blocked out. With the death and resurrection of Jesus , the devil and his demonic locusts, no longer have the ear of God, but they do wreak havoc here on earth. You and I may be tormented by their accusations against us, but take heart and BELIEVE this Good News: God is no longer listening to the devil's accusations against you! Remember this whenever doubts creep in about your worthiness to be a child of God!