My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?

Mark 15:34

And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

The darkest moment of the life of Christ was the darkest moment in the history of the world. Two worlds collided to change the course of all history. The sin of the world and the love of God converged on that hill. Ultimate evil and ultimate good came together to bring the greatest scene of suffering that was ever witnesses by anyone. And here, there were some that were witnesses. The centurion witnessed it all. Many women were afar off beholding the sight. Those who ministered to Him were struck with amazement to see what He endured on the cross. Our precious Savior was publicly pilloried before all so that He could take on our sins. The prophet Isaiah had said many centuries before, that He would be numbered with the transgressors. He was crucified between two thieves, although He Himself was completely innocent, without spot, and guiltless.

And now, when those final moments of the crucifixion came upon Him, He is severed from His Father, that He may be made sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him. This is why He said, “My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me?” The oneness and harmony and perfection of beauty in this relationship of Father and Son was marred in that very moment. God the Father forsook God the Son and allowed the relationship to be severed so that the Son may be the object of God’s wrath against sin. He took our place. We should have been the objects of God’s wrath, but He directed that wrath onto His Son. What a blessed thought it is that Christ took the wrath of God so that we could be saved from wrath through Him!

And now, dear friend, do you ever feel that God has forsaken you? Know that Christ received that for you so that you never would have to receive it. God will never forsake us, for our sins have already been cared for and paid for at the cross. May God remind us of this. Christ bore our sins not only to save us from punishment and hell, but also to save us from God’s displeasure against sin. Christ, as our Mediator, came in between us and God and bridged the divide. The Lord Jesus took everything we should have taken. Therefore, I am forever in the Lord’s hands, and shall never be forsaken. Praise His holy name that He took my place! Hallelujah to the Lamb of God, which takes away the sin of the world! Never ask why God has forsaken you, for He hasn’t! Christ was forsaken for you, and is now seated forever in Heaven at the right hand of God. What a Savior!

“O Father, we praise You eternally that Christ bore and endured everything that we should have been the recipients of. We should have been recipients of Your wrath, anger, and displeasure. We should have been the objects of Your eternally punishment. But no! This shall not be! For Christ is our great Substitute! He is our Mediator! He is our proportion! He took our place, therefore we shall never be forsaken. And for these things we praise You wholeheartedly and forever. In Jesus’ name we pray, Amen.”