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" Father,why have you forsaken me?"


For a long time now I have been faced with the word SIN. It came up again recently when I was reading the book of Jeremiah.It is a scary book but also one of hope.I felt the holy spirit guiding me to read chapter 32  for I were able to make a connection with the sin of the people in that time and the reason behind Jesus pained words on the cross. To start,I decided to find out the definition of sin.Here goes my explanation as it came to me:

  • Sin according to the WebBibleEncyclopedia is the word used to "denote the willful breaking of God's law." Another source gotquestions.org described sin as transgression of the law of God and rebellion against God.


We sometimes do not understand the word SIN in all its entirety.What I do know is that it is something very serious and terrible for Jesus to have died on the cross to absorb the punishment. According to the bible all SINs are and must be punished because of who Yahweh God is; PERFECTLY (absolute,complete) PURE,HOLY and JUST. He cannot partake in SIN nor ignore it. This would be against his nature and will compromise his holy divinity. He strongly dislikes our SIN(not us) . However, he is also perfect LOVE and MERCIFUL and we are forgiven through Jesus Christ by his blood.There is only one condition attached, which is belief. Our required action is to believe in his son and therefore avoid the wrath of God.
This is the reason I believe why Jesus on the cross yelled" Father ,why have you forsaken me". Jesus took the entire sin of mankind on his shoulder;past,present and future making him impure at that moment.You see it is not the physical punishment that he endured on the cross he was worried about,but the reason his soul was full of terror,anguish and sorrowful to the point of death (Mark 14 :32-36) is that he had to spend a moment without being in his father's presence. We could never fully understand that moment of mystery on the cross, but it must have been extremely painful for Jesus to have shouted those words.The image of a child being separate from their  parents comes into mind. 

 New International Version
About three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, "Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?" (which means "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"). biblehub.com

 It had to be done! Yahweh cannot stand in the presence of sin and he who is PERFECTLY PURE had to turn his face away( Jeremiah 33:5) until it was finished.
You can only imagine that Jesus who is always in his father's presence would be so devastated. Such was the price of our sins, the promise of God and his new covenant to save mankind. Jesus's death on the cross was meant to vindicated the sinful nature of man. Jesus now has become the vessel of purity and the high priest who intercedes for mankind. Therefore those words uttered by him, reflects the seriousness of sin and it's consequence, which is: the separation from GOD our father. Boy is that a scary thought!

Praise to you Jesus Christ and to God our Father who created us and love us all. Amen.
Reflection based on Jeremiah 32:14-33 (diary log-18/12/2015)
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