Is it necessary to have a stance on the end times?

That's just one of the questions we'll be answering on today's edition of Core Christianity.

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First up today, let's go to John calling in from Oklahoma. John, what's your question for

Adriel?

I've always struggled understanding a certain passage. It's staring at the actual crucifixion

of Jesus, where he says, my God,

my God, why have you forsaken me? It's never really made a lot of sense to me. I was hoping that

you can help me answer. Yeah. John, great question. You know, believe it or not, that that verse

has been debated by theologians,

in part because, you know, we're talking about the second person of the Holy Trinity praying

to the Father and saying, why have you forsaken me? And the question is, is that even possible? Can the persons of

the Holy Trinity be out of communion? And of course, we would say, we would say, you know, in terms of,

you know, God as he is in himself, well, no, that would that would dissolve our doctrine of God our understanding

of who God is and so how do we make sense of this well the first thing of course I'm sure you know

what um Jesus is doing here he's quoting from the Psalms um in particular in Psalm chapter 22

verse one this is a Psalm of David.

And he says, David, my God, my God, why have you forsaken me?

Why are you so far from saving me and from the words of my groaning?

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