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To: ShadowAce; Cvengr
In the time of Jesus, Scripture did not have the chapter and verse designations we have today. Thus, in order to refer to a passage of Scripture, you would recite the first few words of it.

Psalms 22 is the passage to which Jesus was referring to when on the cross. Read the Psalm--it fits quite well with the situation.

This is the teaching I was preparing to share. I have been amazed through the years at the number of people (and denominations) that believe God abandoned Christ on the Cross because "He became our sin." Most recently, this conversation came up with a Baptist friend. He was amazed to consider the perspective that Christ was never more lovable to His Father than when He was fulfilling His Father's Will on the Cross. How could God abandon Him when Christ was in the midst of fulfilling the purpose for which He had come into the world?

This is also part of the Catholic view of Christ offering the first Mass as Priest, Sacrifice and Bridegroom. His reference to Psalm 22 was giving His Homily on what His audience was witnessing--with the limited breath available to Him. Those that knew the Psalm well would take heart to know that although the Psalm begins in agony, it ends in triumph. Of course, so much was not fully understood except in retrospect...

God bless you.

55 posted on 07/15/2011 7:41:52 PM PDT by pgyanke (Republicans get in trouble when not living up to their principles. Democrats... when they do.)
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To: pgyanke

I believe there also is a passage in Isaiah which might answer the same question, but I have studied the topic much.

In regards to the spiritual death of Christ on the Cross, it is evidenced by the quotation, “My God, My God, Why hath Thou forsaken me?


57 posted on 07/15/2011 8:03:42 PM PDT by Cvengr (Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
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