Subject: GOD TURNED HIS BACK ON JESUS WHEN JESUS |
Bible Note: Concerning the question whether God turned his back on Jesus on the cross, no more can be said than what I have said. The idea is not based on human reasoning but comes when one combines the scriptures cited. Your answer is reasonable. It may be true that God did never turn his back on him. However, we may not base this on the idea that God never turns his back on us. I will tell you that he does do that, even if only momentarily. His presence does not leave us, but he sometimes turns his face. "For the LORD hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God. For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee. In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the LORD thy Redeemer" (Isaiah 54). |