What did Jesus do during the three hours of darkness on the cross?
During the three hours of darkness and absolute silence on the cross, Jesus, in His deity and omnipotence, went in the spirit realm—in soul and spirit—and suffered the punishment for every human being. He then returned from that period of silence, as the darkness lasted from the sixth hour to the ninth hour.
Les explains that the three hours were marked by intense darkness and absolute silence from the cross. He teaches that during this time Christ, in His Deity and omnipotence, in everything associated with His being God, went in the spirit realm—in soul and spirit—and suffered the punishment for every human being. Then He came back from those three hours of silence. Scripture records that from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour, that is, from high noon until three in the afternoon.