Why have you forsaken Me?
I am just surfing through and came upon this forum. While reading I see a point that may have been missed. At the hour of death for Jesus upon the cross, we have to remember that is where Jesus was about to be made SIN for all mankind. At that very second that this happened, remember God is not sin, at that very moment in time, Jesus knew without a shadow of doubt, that His Father was not in Him for that moment. Because God has no sin in Him, He could not be in Jesus. That had to have been a very painful time for Jesus. He never was without His Father until He was MADE sin to save the world. What a horrible feeling. And being that Jesus had come in the flesh for this ULTIMATE sacrifice, He was speaking out of the flesh and not out of His spirit. It was the twist in time, the click that paid the price. Of course it is easier for mankind to stand and die for Jesus Christ today. Because greater is He that is in us than He that is in the world. But for Jesus, He had to totally trust His Father in this. And for that sliver of time, He knew the abscense(sp) of His Father. What a sacrifice!!!!