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God didn't forsake him.My God, My God, Why Have You Forsaken Me?
Jesus identifies with us in our humanity. And that Psalm well captures the human condition.Psalm 22:1-2 said:1 My God, my God, why have You forsaken me?
Far from my help are the words of my groaning.
2 My God, I cry out by day, but You do not answer;
And by night, but I have no rest.
Jesus identifies with us in our human condition. And that Psalm captures the human condition all too well.
Great picture type here.Christ was the lamb of sacrifice. This was a foreshadow of it.
Genesis 22: 6-8
6 And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together.
7 And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?
8 And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.
It is interesting, though. I don’t believe it was a feeling. But an actuality, of course faithfully, Qt.God didn't forsake him.
In Jesus' extreme agony it appeared to Jesus that God had forsaken him but God hadn't. God was there suffering with him.
It is us (humans) who had forsaken him.
Which psalms do you have in mind?Jesus identifies with us in our humanity. And that Psalm captures the human condition all too well.
If God had not withdrawn his protective spirit from his son at that moment, he could not have offered his life for mankind. He was forsaken for that brief moment when he breathed his last, and the deed was done, as Jesus said…”it is finished”…his mission was accomplished, and after three days and nights in the grave, he would rise in triumph, and set mankind free from sin and death.My God, My God, Why Have You Forsaken Me?
Some translate the op as "My Elohim, My YHVH, for this I have been appointed" --- a total surrender to Abba's Purpose as always, perfectly and totally willingly.Look carefully at Psalms 22:24....
I really am very VERY frightened to go beyond what is written.
For he has not despised or scorned
the suffering of the afflicted one;
he has not hidden his face from him
but has listened to his cry for help.
Great answer!Look carefully at Psalms 22:24....
I really am very VERY frightened to go beyond what is written.
For he has not despised or scorned
the suffering of the afflicted one;
he has not hidden his face from him
but has listened to his cry for help.
@MatthewG what is the book you have shown here, I have been looking for a book like this for years- can you let me know the title and author please x
By the way, you've brought out an important principle here: When the NT writers quote the scriptures, they're often not just pointing out the verse quoted; they're also bringing attention to the entire context. In this case, the Psalmist first expresses his sense of abandonment, but finishes by expressing his trust that God will, in the end, vindicate him.Look carefully at Psalms 22:24....
I really am very VERY frightened to go beyond what is written.
For he has not despised or scorned
the suffering of the afflicted one;
he has not hidden his face from him
but has listened to his cry for help.
Exactly....which is why John encourages us to speak to one another in psalms....meaning we can have a conversation using various psalms to express more than what is being said flatly and the others around us that do not know psalms are clueless as to what is being said. These psalms do not have to necessarily come strictly from the book of Psalms but also may come from prophesy or history books in the scriptures that contain psalms or songs.By the way, you've brought out an important principle here: When the NT writers quote the scriptures, they're often not just pointing out the verse quoted; they're also bringing attention to the entire context. In this case, the Psalmist first expresses his sense of abandonment, but finishes by expressing his trust that God will, in the end, vindicate him.
(I am indebted to Richard Hays' Echoes of Scripture in the Letters of Paul for pointing this out.)
Hey Rita, great question!@MatthewG what is the book you have shown here, I have been looking for a book like this for years- can you let me know the title and author please x
Look carefully at Psalms 22:24....
I really am very VERY frightened to go beyond what is written.
For he has not despised or scorned
the suffering of the afflicted one;
he has not hidden his face from him
but has listened to his cry for help.