My God, My God, Why have you forsaken me?
This will most likely be my last post this week as I am off the Big Apple NYC for a short vacation and to visit my friend Ken....www.kenvsthecity.blogspot.com
This was written 28 generations before Jesus was born. Being that Friday is Good Friday (the day Jesus died upon the Cross) I thought it would be nice to look at Psalm 22.
"1. My God, My God, Why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, from the words of my groaning?
2. O my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer, and by night, but I find no rest.
3. Yet you are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel.
4. In you our fathers trusted; they trusted, and you delivered them.
5. To you they cried and were rescued; in you they trusted and were not put to shame.
6. But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by mankind and despised by the people.
7. All who see me mock me; they make mouths at me; they wag their heads;
8. 'He trusts in the LORD; let him deliver him; let him rescue him for he delights in him!'
9. Yet you are he who took me from the womb; you made me trust you at my mother's breasts.
10. On you was I cast from my birth, and from my mother's womb you have been my God.
11. Be not far from me, for trouble is near, and there is none to help.
12. Many bulls encompass me; strong bulls of Bashan surround me;
13. they open wide their mouths at me, like a ravening and roaring lion.
14. I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint; my heart is like wax; it is melted within my breast;
15. my strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to my jaws; you lay me in the dust of death.
16. For dogs encompass me; a company of evildoers encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet ---
17. I can count all my bones --- they stare and gloat over me;
18. they divide my garments among them, and for my clothing they cast lots.
19. But you, O LORD, do not be far off! O you my help, come quickly to my aid!
20. Deliver my soul from the sword, my precious life from the power of the dog!
21. Save me from the mouth of the lion! You have rescued me from the horns of the wild oxen!
22. I will tell of your name to my brothers; in the midst of the congregation I will praise you:
23. You who fear the LORD, praise him! All you offspring of Jacob, glorify him, and stand in awe of him, all you offspring of Israel!
24. For he has not despised or abhorred the affliction of the afflicted, and he has not hidden his face from him, but has heard, when he cried to him.
25. From you comes my praise in the great congregation; my vows I will perform before those who fear him.
26. The afflicted shall eat and be satisfied; those who seek him shall praise the LORD! May your hearts live forever!
27. All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the LORD, and all the families of the nations shall worship before you.
28. For kingship belongs to the LORD, and he rules over the nations.
29. All the prosperous of the earth eat and worship; before him shall bow all who go down to the dust, even the one who could not keep himself alive.
30. Posterity shall serve him; it shall be told of the Lord to the coming generation;
31. they shall come and proclaim his righteousness to a people yet unborn, that he has done it.
Matthew 27:46 Jesus is on the cross and he shouts out, "'Eli, Eli, lema sabachtnai?' that is, 'My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?'"
Jesus just quoted the first line of Pslam 22 (above), this is not to ask the question, but most people memorized scripture in those days and they would have immediately gone back to this Psalm of David, read it again....doesn't it bear a strong resemblance to the crucifixion? If you don't see it, read through the ends of the gospels, Matthew 26-28, Mark 14-16, Luke 22-24, and John 18-21.
Psalm 22 though David didn't realize it, was a prophesy that the Messiah would have to fulfill. And to think that the reason why Jesus was put to death was because He claimed that He was the Messiah. You would think that the High priests and officials would want to do everything they could to make sure that this prophesy wouldn't happen, but, it did!
until next time, most likely Monday!
In Him,
David
This was written 28 generations before Jesus was born. Being that Friday is Good Friday (the day Jesus died upon the Cross) I thought it would be nice to look at Psalm 22.
"1. My God, My God, Why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, from the words of my groaning?
2. O my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer, and by night, but I find no rest.
3. Yet you are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel.
4. In you our fathers trusted; they trusted, and you delivered them.
5. To you they cried and were rescued; in you they trusted and were not put to shame.
6. But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by mankind and despised by the people.
7. All who see me mock me; they make mouths at me; they wag their heads;
8. 'He trusts in the LORD; let him deliver him; let him rescue him for he delights in him!'
9. Yet you are he who took me from the womb; you made me trust you at my mother's breasts.
10. On you was I cast from my birth, and from my mother's womb you have been my God.
11. Be not far from me, for trouble is near, and there is none to help.
12. Many bulls encompass me; strong bulls of Bashan surround me;
13. they open wide their mouths at me, like a ravening and roaring lion.
14. I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint; my heart is like wax; it is melted within my breast;
15. my strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to my jaws; you lay me in the dust of death.
16. For dogs encompass me; a company of evildoers encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet ---
17. I can count all my bones --- they stare and gloat over me;
18. they divide my garments among them, and for my clothing they cast lots.
19. But you, O LORD, do not be far off! O you my help, come quickly to my aid!
20. Deliver my soul from the sword, my precious life from the power of the dog!
21. Save me from the mouth of the lion! You have rescued me from the horns of the wild oxen!
22. I will tell of your name to my brothers; in the midst of the congregation I will praise you:
23. You who fear the LORD, praise him! All you offspring of Jacob, glorify him, and stand in awe of him, all you offspring of Israel!
24. For he has not despised or abhorred the affliction of the afflicted, and he has not hidden his face from him, but has heard, when he cried to him.
25. From you comes my praise in the great congregation; my vows I will perform before those who fear him.
26. The afflicted shall eat and be satisfied; those who seek him shall praise the LORD! May your hearts live forever!
27. All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the LORD, and all the families of the nations shall worship before you.
28. For kingship belongs to the LORD, and he rules over the nations.
29. All the prosperous of the earth eat and worship; before him shall bow all who go down to the dust, even the one who could not keep himself alive.
30. Posterity shall serve him; it shall be told of the Lord to the coming generation;
31. they shall come and proclaim his righteousness to a people yet unborn, that he has done it.
Matthew 27:46 Jesus is on the cross and he shouts out, "'Eli, Eli, lema sabachtnai?' that is, 'My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?'"
Jesus just quoted the first line of Pslam 22 (above), this is not to ask the question, but most people memorized scripture in those days and they would have immediately gone back to this Psalm of David, read it again....doesn't it bear a strong resemblance to the crucifixion? If you don't see it, read through the ends of the gospels, Matthew 26-28, Mark 14-16, Luke 22-24, and John 18-21.
Psalm 22 though David didn't realize it, was a prophesy that the Messiah would have to fulfill. And to think that the reason why Jesus was put to death was because He claimed that He was the Messiah. You would think that the High priests and officials would want to do everything they could to make sure that this prophesy wouldn't happen, but, it did!
until next time, most likely Monday!
In Him,
David
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