"Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. (51) And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; (52) And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, (53) And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many. (54) Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God. (55) And many women were there beholding afar off, which followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him:"
There is somewhat very striking in this loud voice of Jesus. Not like one exhausted; not as one dispirited; but as a conqueror in the field of battle, retreating with his spoils. Jesus cried aloud, that all on earth, and all in heaven, and all in hell, might hear. It is finished. What is finished? Redemption work is finished. And from that moment the empire of sin, death, hell, and the grave, were vanquished. The most glorious views of that life and immortality, which Christ first brought to light by his gospel, were seen from the hill of Calvary, brighter than Moses saw on the heights of Pisgah, of the promised land. And that song was sung in heaven, which the beloved Apostle heard in vision: thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood. Revelation 5:9
The prodigies which attended this hour were all as if Christ had said, Ye are my witnesses. Significantly was the veil of the temple rent in twain, from the top to the bottom; for the Lord Jesus had now opened a new and living way to the heaven of heavens, by his blood. Hebrews 10:19-25; Hebrews 10:19-25. The earthquake and the rending of the rocks, were celebrations also of the glorious event. And the yawning of graves, and the coming forth from their tombs, the bodies of the saints, were no less memorable: what wonders were included in the redemption, by the death of Christ! Neither was the conviction of the Centurion less splendid. Compelled by what he saw and felt, he acknowledged the Godhead of Christ. And compelled shall be the confession of all who deny that glorious truth now, in the day of race, when the tremendous earthquakes and cataracts shall force the same from their pale and convulsed lips, in the great day of wrath.