“The tombs also were opened and many bodies of the saints who had gone to their rest were raised. And they came out of the tombs after His resurrection, entered the holy city, and appeared to many.” - Matt 27:52-53 (HCSB)
Many are confused by this event that also happened when Jesus died on the cross. But, we should actually be surprised if something like this was not recorded in the Bible! Think about it … Everything in the past pointed toward this. So many had longed to see the Messiah, the promised one of God. God had spoken of Him to Eve, Abram, Jacob, Moses, David, and of course, the prophets. All past events pointed in some way to this one!
When the Lord Jesus accomplished His work on the cross, there was a supernatural cosmic paradigm shift. There was deliverance and salvation now available! These were the first moments of the new age. This was the first peek at the cleared ledger. The holy expectation of the faithful was now realized. And it rocked the order of the way things had been. Something in heaven and earth got jarred loose in this detonation of justice and mercy. In this holy collision of sin and grace.