Supernatural “Special Effects”

Unlocked: Daily Devotions for Teens · Jul 29, 2021 · 4m

Hollywood blockbusters sometimes portray supernatural events with big orchestral scores, thunder, lightningthe works! But the supernatural special effects at the crucifixion were so much more than dramatic artistry. These events, which no one could have engineered, had a special significance as Jesus willingly gave Himself as the sacrifice for sins. Darkness over the land: Matthew writes that, in the middle of the afternoon, darkness came over all the land for three hours (Matthew 27:45). Hundreds of years earlier, God had judged Egypt with total darkness when the Pharoah refused to let the…