What did Jesus mean when He said "My God, My God why have you forsaken me?"?

Question

I believe that He was bearing the sins of the world in His humanity, so that sin did not compromise His righteousness.
I believe He was saying "My God."(God the Father), "My God."(God the Holy Spirit). That He was separated from deity for a moment in time (spiritual death) in order that we would never be separated.
What do you think?

Answer 1

The others who say that was never mentioned in the Bible have not done their homework very well.

My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? is found in both Matthew 27: 45-47
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=47&chapter=27&verse=45&end_verse=47&version=31&context=context
and in
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=48&chapter=15&verse=33&end_verse=35&version=31&context=context

The reason for this is that Jesus felt what it was like to be separated from God. The only way we are separated from God is through Sin and Jesus was bearing EVERYONE's sin on him at that time.

For that reason, I feel that God understands what it was like to be separated from him and also provides us with the solution for that problem.

Answer 2

Hello and allow me to explain and take the death of Jesus back to the garden, where notice where it talks about Jesus supernatural death in Luke 22:44 And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.
when someone faces that kind of problem that person is on there way to being dead but no one had touched Him yet, He was as you said taking the sins of the world yours and mine, and on the cross because He was taking everyones sins, as a sinner He could not see past the grave, He understood and i am sure satan was telling Him He would never get out of that grave, but because HE LOVED "YOU" He was willing to do that then He did something as He died to prove who He really was, He shouted in a LOUD Voice, now when someone is dying they have a very week voice, but Jesus when He was dying He shouted that voice saying what you said, also Jesus died backwards, He when He died DID NOT die "THEN" put His head on His chest, HE put His Head on His chest "THEN" He died, Jesus as it says in
Heb.13:8, John 8:58, John 1 is and was fully God, but because He was taking the sinners part God The Father and God The Holy Spirit was turning away from Him because sin CAN NOT stay within the presants of God, everyone will "IF" they do not live up to the conditions upon which life is offered do the same, either eternal life or eternal death [Rev 20:6 speaks of the second death the effects of Hell is forever NOT the fire itself] the conditions are spelled out in a free bible lessons www.amazingfacts.org email me also [e-mail] God bless

Answer 3

he was quoting psalm 22. Jesus cried this out because. God the Father was punishing Him for sin. Not for His own sin, but for the sins of those whom He was saving. This is called substitutionary attonement. He was paying the price(His death on the cross) for these hopeless sinners who could have never paid the price. Only Jesus could pay this price. Thus satisfying the judgement of God the Father who Must judge broken law(sin). In other words Jesus took the rap for others. Sacrificial love.

Answer 4

I think you got it in part. Jesus had to descend below all things in order to be able to succor us in all things according to our infirmities. He had to be able to understand spitual death or total separation from God so that when we sin and are separated from Him, Jesus can have compassion on us because he has been there, he has done that.

I imagine that God had to hide Himself away in the farthest reaches of the Universe while His Son, who was innocent and sinless was suffering beyond human endurance. After accomplishing His Infinite Atonement, He now can really relate to me, a sinner of the basest, most vile kind, because he suffered like I have suffered, even more! Much more. Now, I can trust Him to help me out, because He knows exactly how bad I feel when I sin and how bad I want to repent and come back into His presence.

Answer 5

Jesus never saied that! These are words of the Priests for their own reasons.How could Jesus be separated from God,since he was on his own a God. Father,Son and Holy spirit can never be separated my friend!

Answer 6

a number of issues are happening... one million) Jesus is quoting from playstation . 22 -- that is incredibly incredibly worth analyzing because of the fact it for sure suits / lays out what could ensue to the Messiah. 2) because of the fact the prophet Isaiah mentioned [Is. fifty 3 extraordinarily vs 6], the Messiah could take the punishment for His peoples' revolt. So, Jesus is definitely suffering the rejection from His Father [my God / Eloi] that we ought to continuously have had to bear. ... Jesus became dealing with what Psalm 22 became talking approximately, not merely quoting it. 3) while Jesus mentioned that He and His Father have been one, He wasn't merely talking symbolically. God is definitely one, yet as is seen by using the TaNaK (Christians say previous testomony) God properly-knownshows Himself as a plurality -- see Daniel 7:8-14 and Isaiah fifty 3. Jesus, the Son of guy -- who's to be worshipped -- suffers in our place out of love for us and not studies the onesness with the daddy -- the classic of Days. God the daddy later will advance Jesus up positive having been committed to His Father - even to dying. Jesus and the daddy is God, yet on a similar time there's a distinction. Jesus became not merely chatting with himself. i'm uncertain how you're able to understand a distinction interior a cohesion, yet as a mathematician I on a daily basis artwork with issues that i will practice to be real and actual, yet are way previous what i will understand.

Answer 7

Well Jesus was also human. He asked in the Garden to not have that cup, (if I remember correctly), past down to him unless it was his Father's, (God's) will.

He was suffering just as a human would while being crucified, even though he was God's son. Crying out for help while having the world on His back shows that, even though he did it for us.

Answer 8

as a human being he had a weak moment, faith crise
I do not know how he coud be separated in order that you would never be separated...that implies that you are more important in God's eyes than Jesus

Answer 9

Yes, I agree!

He took not only my sin, but my sorrows. He took my shame and guilt, He took my diseases, and by His stripes I am healed.

He took my sins and my sorrows
He made them His very own
He bore the burden to Calvary
and suffered and died alone

How marvellous, How wonderful
And my song shall ever be
How marvellous, How wonderful
Is my Saviour's love for me.

Answer 10

What do I think ?? I think that people who believe in this sort of religious claptrap are basically brainwashed as no body of normal intelligence could possible believe in this fantasy... Knock me Christians, I care not, my beliefs are 40,000 yrs old and really much older, but we have proof of this age.. What proof do you have that Jesus even walked the earth, never-lone anything else... A 2,000 yr old religion can't prove a thing, I am proud to be a Pagan... Love and Light.. BB.. )O(