On the cross, Jesus asks God why He has forsaken Him...?

Question

Does anyone have any insight into this? Even Mohammad expressed feelings that he might be forsaken... as well as others. I have asked for revelation on this and once thought it was about to come to me, but it has since slipped beyond me. I'm interested in interpretaions that do not mock the question, Please. Even if you are not a Christian, you have a general idea of the concept here, so I would be interested in serious thoughts from you, also.

Answer 1

This was the first and only time that Jesus used the word "God" when speaking to His Father, every other time Jesus used the word "Father"
This is important because it shows us that the intimacy was somehow marred. What happened is that God laid upon Jesus mans sin. Jesus bore our sins upon the cross and the intimate relationship between the Father and Son was broken, at least in the humanity of Jesus. Shortly afterwords Jesus spoke these words, "Father, into your hands I commit my spirit." In other words God's wrath was satisfied with the work of Christ on the cross, and the relationship was restored.
I could give you all the theological lingo and write a very long reply to you concerning this, but this should do it. If you want to learn more just let me know.

Hope this helps.

Answer 2

Jesus Thought that God had forsaken him when the clouds closed up on Him. But the real Truth is that not even God could bear to see his son bear the Sins of the World on his Body which is what he did while on the cross. He took our Sins Humanity's past present and Future and took the Judgement for them even untill his own Death.

Answer 3

I have thought about this same thing. I feel that God was giving Jesus the chance to fullfill his earthly mission by taking the full burden on the cross. And the only way Jesus can fully take our burden is if he had no help from anyone or any thing. He had to to it alone. God was giving his Son a chance to prove that He loved Him, and us, to the fullest.

Likened to us: sometimes we feel that God abandons us, but really is still there waiting for us to prove ourselves, testing our love for Him by giving us moments of our own agency to choose good or evil without any clear guidance or liberation from temptation.

But don't take my word for it, seek the feelings of the Holy Ghost and or the Spirit of Christ to tell you what is. I have found personal revelation to why God or Jesus did certain things come easier when I know there nature and disposition better. And that knowledge comes from reading and hearing revelation with the Holy Spirit as my guide. Please check out my two favorite sources of Revelation .

God Speed

Answer 4

When Jesus hung on the cross, he bore the weight of all the sins of mankind. That would be a very heavy load... And God hates sin and cannot look upon it. He turned his back on his own son at that moment... Jesus took our sins, by himself, and became the sacrifice that provided my cleansing from sin. Because he did this with his sinless blood on the cross, I can have complete forgiveness. God only abandoned Him for that moment while the sacrifice was being made. When Jesus died, his blood was applied to the altar on our behalf. Father God then accepted the sacrifice and the relationship was restored. Today, Jesus sits at the Father';s right hand in heaven, interceding on behalf of all believers who will trust Him for salvation and cleansing.

Answer 5

Ok, here's the inside scoop. Jesus died a human death (otherwise it wouldn't mean anything) because Jesus was fully human. The God Jesus proclaimed was a God of compassion, evidenced by Jesus' actions during his life: eating and drinking with sinners and outcasts. This was the God Jesus called Abba. When faced with the awful prospect of dying on the cross, and indeed, actually dying on the cross, of course Jesus would feel abandoned: the God whose reign Jesus was proclaiming was, at that moment, to Jesus, very distant and not at all intimate. That's what happens to people when they suffer: they feel abandoned. The important part of the story is that Jesus never failed to believe that God's reign was going to arrive despite his death.
Fine question.

Answer 6

This is so awesome. Check this out.

That was a quote from Psalm 22 written by David over 500 years before this occurred.

Look at verse 6.
Verse 6: But I [am] a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.

A worm? What’s up with that?

The Hebrew lexicon is “towla”.

Check out “Towla”…

http://www.studylight.org/lex/heb/view.cgi?number=08438

the worm "coccus ilicis" ++++ When the female of the scarlet worm species was ready to give birth to her young, she would attach her body to the trunk of a tree, fixing herself so firmly and permanently that she would never leave again. The eggs deposited beneath her body were thus protected until the larvae were hatched and able to enter their own life cycle. As the mother died, the crimson fluid stained her body and the surrounding wood. From the dead bodies of such female scarlet worms, the commercial scarlet dyes of antiquity were extracted.

What a picture this gives of Christ, dying on the tree, shedding His precious blood that He might "bring many sons unto glory" (Heb. 2:


Isn't that amazing?

Answer 7

The first time I read that, I wondered that too.
I wondered if Jesus had just lost his faith or if God really abandoned him.

God really abandoned him. He turned his back on him for the first time ever. He was judging him for OUR sins.

It’s important that we understand what happened on the cross. It wasn't an accident. Jesus could have came down from the cross at any time, but he chose to stay on there because of you. He died for our disobedience.

Think about it like this, two brothers are playing baseball, the younger brother throws the ball through the window, and the dad comes out and ask who did it. The older brother takes responsibility.


He was innocent but he took our punishment.

Answer 8

Christ was in extreme physical pain, for one. When crucified, you become parched, your arms pull out of their sockets, you are scorched under the sun...and all this after having been flogged, humiliated, spit upon, hit, ridiculed, wrongly accused and judged, abandoned by your friends, forced to carry a massive piece of lumber up a steep hill, had nine-inch nails driven through your hands and feet, wearing a crown of thorns that are ripping the sensitive skin over your skull, causing blood to pour down into your eyes. There is all of this to consider.

Christ was a human being and God, 100%/100%. So, being 100% human, he quite probably felt, momentarily, abandoned, unprotected, stripped of dignity, and quite possibly unloved. Momentarily. And I say "probably." I don't know; I am doing my best to make an educated guess.

So, feeling thus abandoned, he asked his Father why he had forsaken him. That is, he cried out to his Father in his excruciating pain, quite possibly wanting the touch of a gentle hand, a sip of water, someone to reassure him. Since nothing was forthcoming, he felt forsaken.

I can imagine that even God would have felt utterly alone in this position.

Answer 9

You have to contemplate the two natures of Jesus, fully man and fully God. He lived and died a fully human life and showed by example the way to demonstrate love, charity, and service to neighbour and God. He had to die as a man just as he had to be born as an infant through the most holy vessel of the Virgin Mary.David W has given you a most splendid answer as well. May scholars still contemplate this question...

Answer 10

Read the following article from a Catholic website:

http://www.americancatholic.org/Messenger/Apr2004/Feature1.asp

1 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?

Jesus fulfills the line from scripture.

Why are you so far from helping me, from the words of my groaning?

David fled from Saul and feared for Saul's life every day.

2 O my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer;
and by night, but find no rest.

3 Yet you are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel.

4 In you our ancestors trusted; they trusted, and you delivered them.

5 To you they cried, and were saved; in you they trusted, and were not put to shame.

6 But I am a worm, and not human; scorned by others, and despised by the people.

7 All who see me mock at me; they make mouths at me, they shake their heads;