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Super Bowl XLVII Darkness

2/4/2013

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Super Bowl XLVII was an exciting game filled with a runaway first half, a bench clearing brawl, clever commercials, and a thrilling nail-biter, almost come-back ending. The main buzz this morning is what caused a 34 minute delay from a power outage in the stadium. Blogs and newscasts are teasing that it was Beyonce’s electrifying half time performance that drained the power. During the outage, a power surge was named as the cause, but this morning it appears that the problem was from a piece of equipment designed to monitor electrical load malfunctioned, opening a breaker and shutting off some of the power in the building, according to CBS Sports' Will Brinson.

There were events of darkness recorded in the Bible that baffled and troubled people. One of the ten plagues upon Egypt was a darkness that could be felt. For three days this darkness was so thick and heavy that people did not even go out.

Exodus 10:21-23
21 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward the sky so that darkness spreads over Egypt—darkness that can be felt.” 22 So Moses stretched out his hand toward the sky, and total darkness covered all Egypt for three days. 23 No one could see anyone else or move about for three days. Yet all the Israelites had light in the places where they lived.


A three hour darkness occurred while Jesus was crucified on the cross.

Luke 23:44-46
44 It was now about noon, and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon, 45 for the sun stopped shining. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two. 46 Jesus called out with a loud voice, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.” When He had said this, He breathed His last.


A final darkness and endless darkness is written in Revelations. It is the judgment to anyone who does not love and follow Jesus Christ.

Revelations 16:10-11
10 The fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and its kingdom was plunged into darkness. People gnawed their tongues in agony 11 and cursed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, but they refused to repent of what they had done.


The 34 minutes of darkness delay of the Super Bowl game is very different than the final end of the age darkness for unbelievers. The way to avoid this final darkness is by giving your life to Jesus today.

A – Admitting you have sinned.
B – Believing on the saving work Jesus Christ did on the cross.
C – Committing your life to doing life Jesus’ way.

Don’t be caught in the dark.


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