Oh, let the Son of God enfold you with His spirit and his love.

Let him fill your heart and satisfy your soul.

Oh, let him have the things that hold you,

and his spirit like a dove will descend upon your life and make you home.

Welcome to the Word for today,

featuring the Bible teaching of Pastor Chuck Smith, founder of the

Calvary Chapel Movement. This radio program is a verse by verse study through the entire Bible.

And on today's edition of the Word for today, Mr. Chuck continues with Jesus on the cross

as we pick up in Matthew, chapter verse 42 and now with today's message

here's pastor chuck if he is the king of israel let him now come down from the cross and we will

believe him he trusted in god let him deliver him now if you will have him, for he said, I am the son of God.

Now the thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same in his teeth, until later on

when one of them repented and asked forgiveness, and we'll get that when we get to Luke's gospel.

Now from the sixth hour, that is noon, the clock began with morning, sunrise, 6 o'clock in the morning,

third hour, it'd be 9th and hour, so that's when Jesus was put on the cross, the 9th hour, early in the morning.

Now, three hours later, having been hanging there for three hours,

from the sixth hour noon, there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour,

three in the afternoon.

Impossible that it could have been an eclipse.

Because this was the Passover season,

and the Passover is full moon.

And you can't have an eclipse during the full moon

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