Episode 36: My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me? (Shon Hopkin)

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🗓️ 15 July 2021

⏱️ 38 minutes

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My God, why hast thou forsaken me? Over the years, that spiritual cry has been felt internally and uttered verbally by many believers in their most pressing trials, including by Jesus upon the cross. But does it mean what we think? BYU religion professor Shon Hopkin has published on the background and significance of that phrase. In this episode he analyzes and applies Messianic verses from its origin in Psalm 22, strengthening our hope in our trials through Christ’s suffering and redemptive triumph.

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0:00.0	It's been long discussed by various religious educators and commentators that there are
0:05.1	seven recorded statements by the Savior when he was on the cross.
0:09.4	Father forgive them for they know not what they do.
0:12.0	I thirst.
0:13.5	Today shout thou be with me in paradise.
0:16.6	They are all potent and laden with meaning and depth.
0:21.4	One phrase that the Savior uttered, however, can seem a little bit more difficult, distant,
0:26.0	and even dark to the nominal reader of Scripture.
0:28.9	Here it is as recorded in Matthew chapter 27, verse 46.
0:34.3	And about the ninth hour, Jesus cried with a loud voice saying,
0:39.1	Eli, Eli, Lama, Sabakhthani, that is to say,
0:44.3	My God, My God, why hast thou forsaken me?
0:49.4	My God, My God, why hast thou forsaken me?
0:53.7	That spiritual cry has been felt internally and even uttered verbally by many believers
0:58.8	over the years as a call of despair and even abandonment by God in our most pressing and
1:04.5	trying trials and tragedies.
1:07.5	But to those who are present at the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, they likely heard this phrase
1:12.1	differently when he uttered it.
1:14.3	They recognized that Jesus was purposely quoting Scripture.
1:18.1	In particular, the Messianic Psalm of David found today in Psalm 22.
1:23.9	Let me read to you a little bit from that Psalm.
1:27.4	My God, My God, why hast thou forsaken me?
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