On another thread @Steve Owen mentioned that he believed that Christ was forsaken by God, I take it instead of us being forsaken. I still find the "instead of" wrong, but I am curious as to what it means that Christ became forsaken.
In Psalm 22 the psalmist (foreshadowing Christ) cries out asking why God has forsaken him. As the psalm goes on the reader is struck not only by the faith of the psalmist in God but also by the fact that God had never abandoned the author but was there and heard his cry.
Likewise, I believe that Christ was forsaken to suffer and die. He was not delivered from death but through death. And therein lies our hope.
But given the context of Steve's reply (a context that Christ was forsaken instead of us, and in the context of this being an additional element of Christ's suffering and death rather than the actual state) I realize that there are other interpretations.
What does it mean to you that Christ was forsaken?
In Psalm 22 the psalmist (foreshadowing Christ) cries out asking why God has forsaken him. As the psalm goes on the reader is struck not only by the faith of the psalmist in God but also by the fact that God had never abandoned the author but was there and heard his cry.
Likewise, I believe that Christ was forsaken to suffer and die. He was not delivered from death but through death. And therein lies our hope.
But given the context of Steve's reply (a context that Christ was forsaken instead of us, and in the context of this being an additional element of Christ's suffering and death rather than the actual state) I realize that there are other interpretations.
What does it mean to you that Christ was forsaken?