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NASB | Psalm 22:1 My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Far from my deliverance are the words of my groaning. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Psalm 22:1 My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning? [Matt 27:46] |
Subject: What do you think of Jesus? |
Bible Note: Dear Lamplight: Your poem is excellent and reflects the feelings which I have concerning this Psalm. The depths of the suffering of Christ at the hands of humans was terrible and yet the suffering at the hands of a Holy God on account of my sin is beyond words. The hymn writer says "I wonder what he saw in me to suffer such great angony.?" In verse 2 of Psalms 22 we read of the darkness which covered the scene beginning at the noon day hour at calvary. This darkness was miraculous since it could not be explained in human terms and yet the God of heaven veiled the scene in total darkness when his Son was made sin for us. "He was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities and the chastisement of our peace was laid upon him; and with his stripes we are healed (Isaiah 53:5)KJV Why did God forsake his Son? V3 "But thou art holy, O thou that inhabistest the praises of Israel" God turned his back on his Son because he could not look on Sin, Jesus bore the darkness and agony of Calvary that our sins might be forgiven. Because of his sinless sacrifice and his worth a Holy God could look on him and pardon us? "On that cross alone forsaken, where no pitying eye was found, Now to God's right hand exalted, With his praise the heavens resound. Lamplight you are right, he willing gave himself in our stead that we might be his forever. We remember as he anticipated the cross " he could pray being in agony: and his sweat as great drops of blood falling to the ground Luke 22:44 "Saying, Father if thou be willing to remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine be done."Luke 22:42 The Lord Jesus knew that this cup of suffering could not removed because his purpose in coming to the world was to save sinners such as me, you etc. To think that the God of eternity could not release his Son from the death of the cross expresses to us his love beyond compare. "Such love surpassing human thought, that thou blest lamb of God, could bear sin's curse and interpose thine own most precious blood." I rejoice that his love reached me. Robert |