How do we know Jesus was truly forsaken on the cross?
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The biblical account details Christ's cry of desolation, demonstrating His profound suffering and sense of abandonment during His crucifixion.
In Matthew 27:46, Jesus cries out, 'My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?' This cry reveals the depth of His suffering as He endured separation from the Father, bearing the wrath for sin that we deserved. This moment is pivotal in understanding what it means for Christ to experience hell on our behalf. His agony was not merely physical; it involved a deep soul-suffering, which is echoed in Psalm 69. Here, the psalmist expresses his own anguish, but ultimately, it points to the reality of Christ’s suffering as He bore our sins, allowing us to grasp the weight of what it means to be forsaken. Through this, we see not only His deep desire for relationship but also the cost of our redemption.
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