When Jesus was on the cross he said "Father why have you forsaken me?" What did he mean when he said this. I know he did'nt loose his faith. But that is what it sounds like. Please help with this.
2007-09-18 04:18:55 · 43 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Jesus had never experienced sin OR separation from God, but when all the sins of the world were dumped on Him ("He who knew no sin became sin, so that we can become the righteousness of God in Him."), at that time, God had to turn His back on His own Son.
Also, this was a reminder to those around him that David had prophecied the crucifixion 1000s of years before it had been invented by quoting the first line of Ps 22.
2007-09-18 04:23:01 · answer #1 · answered by no1home2day 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
If he actually said it -- think about it, who would have heard what he muttered under his breath right before he died? -- it would have been his exasperation at the idiocy and insanity going on around him. Maybe he was impatient to go home. There's no way he would have been afraid to die or afraid of the pain inflicted upon him, considering who he was and what he knew. Dying would have been child's play, almost humorous for one with such knowledge as his and his reality, and considering where he was headed, to the side of his father. That was where he'd rather be.
In case he did say it for others to hear, he was demonstrating once again his connection to to David, calling to mind the Psalms, and thus to Moses to Abraham, which he had done so many times during his ministry. He was the same spirit in a different body and he wanted the Jews to understand this.
Of course, anything anyone says here as to the "why" of it is complete conjecture. Some of it however is more tenable than others because it is consistent with what took place previously.
2007-09-18 04:34:48 · answer #2 · answered by jaicee 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sin separates us from God.
On the cross, Jesus - the only Man without sin and always in fellowship with the Father - took on Himself all of our sins. In doing so, a great chasm was between the Father and the Son. So, even Jesus knows what it is like to be seperated from the Father by sin, despite His sinlessness.
His cry was an acknowledgement of that condition, not a lack of faithfulness.
2007-09-18 04:27:30 · answer #3 · answered by BowtiePasta 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When Jesus was on the cross, God the Father completely abandoned him. This was necessary in order for Jesus to take on the punishment that we deserve for our sins. God had completely forsaken and abandoned Jesus, and Jesus was crying out in desperation.
Fortunately, the story doesn't end there. Through Jesus' resurrection we all have hope of being resurrected someday.
2007-09-18 04:23:59 · answer #4 · answered by Scotty Doesnt Know 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
When Jesus cried out My God My God why has thou forsaken me. was the exact moment the sins of the world was put upon Jesus who hung on the cross
2 Cor. 5:21 says, "He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him." It is possible that at some moment on the cross, when Jesus became sin on our behalf, that God the Father, in a sense, turned His back upon the Son. It says in Hab. 1:13 that God is too pure to look upon evil. Therefore, it is possible that when Jesus bore our sins in His body on the cross (1 Pet. 2:24), that the Father, spiritually, turned away. At that time, the Son may have cried out.
One thing is for sure. We have no capacity to appreciate the utterly horrific experience of having the sins of the world put upon the Lord Jesus as He hung, in excruciating pain, from that cross. The physical pain was immense. The spiritual one must have been even greater.
That shows us clearly how much God loves us.
2007-09-18 04:29:52 · answer #5 · answered by bmdt07 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
as i heard from my church, here is the explanation:
at the moment jesus had crossed, all the human's sins are reedemed. but because His Father is holy, He could not bear to see it and He left him alone. and as Jesus took the shape of human body at that time, it was really really hurt. and it is so humanly, when he just ask, Father, why have u forsaken me (for this...)?
sure, it doesnt mean that He lost His faith.
errr, my explanation is too complicated :(
but i hope it help u a little
2007-09-18 04:27:59 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I have never hurd of the Lord called Jesus in my entire life other than by human beings that follow blind faith.
May they be forgiven and held tighter but Allah SWT the Only Lord he has no son. Adam was greater than Jesus he came without birth from human being but yet they keep that a secret. Wonder why?
2007-09-18 04:24:22 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
" Shortly after one o'clock, amidst the increasing darkness of the fierce sandstorm, Jesus began to fail in human consciousness. His last words of mercy, forgiveness, and admonition had been spoken. His last wish--concerning the care of his mother--had been expressed. During this hour of approaching death the human mind of Jesus resorted to the repetition of many passages in the Hebrew scriptures, particularly the Psalms. The last conscious thought of the human Jesus was concerned with the repetition in his mind of a portion of the Book of Psalms now known as the twentieth, twenty-first, and twenty-second Psalms. While his lips would often move, he was too weak to utter the words as these passages, which he so well knew by heart, would pass through his mind. Only a few times did those standing by catch some utterance, such as, "I know the Lord will save his anointed," "Your hand shall find out all my enemies," and "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" Jesus did not for one moment entertain the slightest doubt that he had lived in accordance with the Father's will; and he never doubted that he was now laying down his life in the flesh in accordance with his Father's will. He did not feel that the Father had forsaken him; he was merely reciting in his vanishing consciousness many Scriptures, among them this twenty-second Psalm, which begins with "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" And this happened to be one of the three passages which were spoken with sufficient clearness to be heard by those standing by."
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2007-09-18 04:26:43 · answer #8 · answered by Holly Carmichael 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Jesus was was quoting from Psalm 22, which is actually a song of victory if you read the whole thing.
Almost everyone here got the answer wrong, except the girl with the first answer.
2007-09-18 04:26:43 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
He took the sin of the world upon himself and was
forsaken for a moment as we all would be without
redemption. He paid the penalty, in other words,
right down to being forsaken.
2007-09-18 04:25:44 · answer #10 · answered by Nickel-for-your-thoughts 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋