Then spake Solomon, The LORD said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
God dwells in thick darkness, hiding His glory from human eyes. At Christ's crucifixion that dwelling was manifest when darkness covered the land. Within that darkness God and the heavenly angels were present, close beside Christ. Yet He did not reveal Himself to Christ nor to anyone else who was there.
The darkness hid that divine glory and power because even a ray of it would have destroyed the human spectators and onlookers. At the same time the darkness veiled Christ's last suffering. His final agony was thus concealed from human sight.
God dwells in thick darkness, hiding His glory from human eyes. At Christ's crucifixion that dwelling was manifest when darkness covered the land. Within that darkness God and the heavenly angels were present, close beside Christ. Yet He did not reveal Himself to Christ nor to anyone else who was there.
The darkness hid that divine glory and power because even a ray of it would have destroyed the human spectators and onlookers. At the same time the darkness veiled Christ's last suffering. His final agony was thus concealed from human sight.