Monday, May 21, 2007

The Death of Jesus


Something that completely fascinates me is when Jesus was on the cross. In Matthew 27:46 it says, "About the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?"—which means, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" These are famous lines that he was actually reciting from the Psalms. The part that I find completely amazing is why he said those words.
Throughout all of time, Jesus has been God and he has been in Heaven in wonderful glory. Later, when he came to this earth, he was in constant contact with God. He was always praying and speaking with him. Even while he was on the cross he still prayed. But then, as he was coming closer to death, God had to let him die as a sinner. The only way the world could be saved was if Jesus literally took their place, and so, at that moment, God stepped back and turned his back on him because he had to die a sinner's death. And at that exact moment, Jesus finally knew what it was like to be a sinner because the weight of it all came crashing down on him, and he felt what it was like to not have God with you. This was something completely new to him and it hurt him. Even after all the torture and torment he went through, the thing that hurt him the most was the fact that he was alone. That's what hurt him more than anything that they could have done to him. And that's why I know that really is God, because the only time he was weak was at the moment that God had to turn his back on him. And then instantly in Heaven there was great rejoicing because the Jesus had won and had died the death of all deaths for all of mankind. He had won, and there was nothing that could have ever held him back.

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