Like you, I have experienced the worst abandonment and betrayal, and this happened a couple weeks ago. It is very hard to go through. Not that I had never experienced betrayal before. As you mentioned, many do suffer this. But this was especially hard. I found your beautiful article to really help. Thank you for that. I needed to read that this morning. I have never felt abandoned by God. Jesus has been my Savior since 1973. There's no substitute for Him. God has never let me down.
I do just want to mention one thing though. God says in His Word that He will never forsake us and that goes for His own Son, as well. The Bible even says that God hates sin, but not the sinner as an individual, and He never abandons us. How much more, would he never abandon His own Son.
I know the word forsaken is given in Scripture when Jesus called out to His Father in heaven, and I'm sure that Jesus felt that way since His Father could not look upon sin at that time, Jesus bearing the sins of the whole world, but I do not believe that His Father forsake Him. I don't believe he ever abandoned His Son. He was forced to look away at that time, but that's not the same as leaving or abandoning His Son. I believe Jesus knew full well at that time....even as He understood His mission here on earth and that he would have to die for our sins.... that even though He felt forsaken under the load of the world's sins, He knew full well that His Father was still there...and understood why His Father had to turn His face away from him at that time. The cry on the cross was a moment of excruciating suffering and a demonstration of Jesus' humanity....not a reflection of divine abandonment.
The cry of Jesus on the cross, was a temporary separation, a necessary step for Jesus to bear the sins of humanity and experience the full weight of judgment. Not abandonment. Fulfilling prophecy.
I do just want to mention one thing though. God says in His Word that He will never forsake us and that goes for His own Son, as well. The Bible even says that God hates sin, but not the sinner as an individual, and He never abandons us. How much more, would he never abandon His own Son.
I know the word forsaken is given in Scripture when Jesus called out to His Father in heaven, and I'm sure that Jesus felt that way since His Father could not look upon sin at that time, Jesus bearing the sins of the whole world, but I do not believe that His Father forsake Him. I don't believe he ever abandoned His Son. He was forced to look away at that time, but that's not the same as leaving or abandoning His Son. I believe Jesus knew full well at that time....even as He understood His mission here on earth and that he would have to die for our sins.... that even though He felt forsaken under the load of the world's sins, He knew full well that His Father was still there...and understood why His Father had to turn His face away from him at that time. The cry on the cross was a moment of excruciating suffering and a demonstration of Jesus' humanity....not a reflection of divine abandonment.
The cry of Jesus on the cross, was a temporary separation, a necessary step for Jesus to bear the sins of humanity and experience the full weight of judgment. Not abandonment. Fulfilling prophecy.
