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13273, psalm 22
Posted by osoclasi, Tue Jun-26-01 04:28 AM
>my first question:
>
>matthew 27:46. about 3 o'clock, jesus
>shouted, "eli, eli. lama sabachthani,"
>which means, "my god, my
>god, why have you forsaken
>me?"
>
>what was the reason for him
>shouting this? why did he
>feel god had forsaken him?
>did this shout show jesus
>didnt have enough faith in
>god (so dude dosent even
>have complete faith)?

Responce : Great question, heres your answer, I don't know how familiar you are with the psalms, but turn if you will to psalm 22. There you have david saying those exact same words that Jesus said while on the cross. Sometimes when people (especially Jews at that time) were in great dispair they would say God has forsaken me or God has forsaken Isreal in the old testament, that's the way David felt while he was being attacked by his enemies, but as you read psalms 22 you realize at the end God had not forsaken him at all. That is the same point that Jesus was making while on the cross. That while in a time such as this God had not forsaken him. So he qouted this scripture to the Jews to point them to that verse.