It sounds like Jesus despaired because he felt that God had abandoned him.
2007-02-08 14:20:39 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
He was quoting Psalm 22. It foretold exactly what was happening to Him.
2007-02-08 15:03:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
In order to let Jesus finish the process of the Atonement, God the Father had to withdraw His Spirit. In other words, Jesus felt the support of His Father throughout most of the ordeal, but at the end, when His spirit was about to pass through physical death, God stepped back so that Christ's sacrifice would be personal and complete. There may be more to it than that, but that is what I have learned from studying Mormon and Christian scholars. The Infinite and Eternal Atonement of Jesus Christ is so all-encompassing, that all of Creation recognizes His sacrifice for the rest of God's children, and so when we call upon it, Jesus Christ is our Advocate with the Father and the powers of the universe, making repentance and forgiveness under the laws of mercy possible.
2007-02-08 22:30:24 · answer #2 · answered by Cookie777 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is not what I was necessarily taught. But I think that during the time when Jesus took the sins of the entire world on himself it was like he had committed those sins. He bore the pain of those sins for us. Anyway I believe that God the Father probably turned from him during those moments when Jesus suffered all those sins. I believe that Jesus felt alone and forsaken at that time.
2007-02-08 22:32:51 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to the bible, God will not look on sin. Jesus took every sin of every person on earth from then to when the earth ends, and put it on himself. He was made sin so that we would not have to pay the price (which is death and hell.) He was abandoned by God for that moment. As God turned his face away from his only son, he cried out. not because of physical pain but because he was paying the price for our sins. When he said "It is finished", The moment was over. We as human beings don't really know what it is like to have God turn away from us. They say that is the real pain of hell. He took all our sins so when we stand before God at the judgement day, Jesus will stand WITH us to show we have been paid for. Those who stand before God during judgement without Jesus with them will be turned away. By the way, What happened to Jesus was prophesied (predicted) in Psalm 22. by his ancestor, King David. Hope that helps!
2007-02-08 22:43:00 · answer #4 · answered by Yo C 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Death is not a very pleasant experience, even for God.
Jesus truly suffered, and he truly died.
Anyone who's ever experienced imminent unconsciousness knows that it is a very unsettling experience.
Jesus, his breath failing, and his human life slipping away, might very well have felt "forsaken" and alone at that moment.
He was never, ever, forsaken by either the Father, or the Holy Spirit though, as God is one.
2007-02-09 04:20:26 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Contrary to popular belief, while he was the Son of God he was born very human. In his final hour God withdrew (temporarily) His Spirit from Jesus - because God can not die.
At that moment, Jesus felt alone. He was not alone, but could you imagine walking in his shoes, doing the will of your Father, preaching what God shown you and healing people as God shown him and all that. Not living in splendor, and not complaining.., then comes the final phase of your mission on Earth.., to face death.., painfully facing death.
He was beaten till he was not even recognizable as a human being basically. He's hanging up there with spikes through his arms and legs, holding his body to to beams of wood. He's weak, racked with pain beyond belief (think as close to being fillet alive without actually being totally skinned)....
Suddenly the presence of God, you feel removed.., your source of strength that kept you going. "MY GOD! MY GOD! WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME!!!!"
No different than if you felt your own Dad left you like that.., "FATHER! FATHER! WHY HAVE YOU LEFT ME!!!!?"
But your father has not left you, though you thought he had.
God did not leave him, just withdrew his Spirit till death claimed Jesus. God's spirit reentered him and Jesus rose again the 3rd day.
Jesus never sinned - but as a sin offering, he took the sins of the world upon him just as a sacrificial lamb being slaughtered. God removed his spirit because God is not sin, nor a part of sin. After Jesus died - he fulfilled his obligation and concluded the Old Covenant. With the Resurrection of Jesus, the New Testament came into play - and once again, Jesus is sinless having taken sin to the grave and conquered it.
2007-02-08 22:35:45 · answer #6 · answered by Victor ious 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
That was the moment that He took on the sins of the world. In that moment Jesus felt the separation that sin brings with it.
2007-02-08 22:49:50 · answer #7 · answered by tonks_op 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He was quoting Psalm 22, he was teaching on the cross
2007-02-08 22:34:24 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you were on a cross and about to die, what would you say? Just interested.
2007-02-08 22:44:07 · answer #9 · answered by Cogito Sum 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, he was quoting a psalm about a righteous man.
2007-02-08 22:41:48 · answer #10 · answered by Midge 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋