How could a father ever turn his face away from his son?
What would I feel like as a son, when I felt for the first time, the searing loss of not knowing the love of my father,- to be truly abandoned, separated from him?
I could not imagine my sons turning their face away from their sons, and what my grandsons would feel like being abandoned - first time not having that assurance of love.
"And at three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" Mark 15:34 NIV
My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
Why are you so far from saving me,
so far from my cries of anguish?" Psalm 22:1 NIV
"In this unique and strange miracle, Jesus was crying out in anguish because of the separation He now experienced from His heavenly Father for the first and only time in all of eternity. It is the only time of which we have record that Jesus did not address God as Father. Because the Son had taken sin upon Himself, the Father turned His back. That mystery is so great and imponderable that it is not surprising that Martin Luther is said to have gone into seclusion for a long time trying to understand it and came away as confused as when he began. In some way and by some means, in the secrets of divine sovereignty and omnipotence, the God-Man was separated from God for a brief time at Calvary, as the furious wrath of the Father was poured out on the sinless Son, who in matchless grace became sin for those who believe in Him."- MacArthur New Testament Commentary
Why did Jesus cry "my God my God why have you forsaken me
How Deep The Father's Love for Us
How deep the Father's love for us
How vast beyond all measure
That He should give His only Son
To make a wretch His treasure
How great the pain of searing loss
The Father turns His face away
As wounds which mar the Chosen One
Bring many sons to glory
Behold the man upon a cross
My sin upon His shoulders
Ashamed, I hear my mocking voice
Call out among the scoffers
It was my sin that held Him there
Until it was accomplished
His dying breath has brought me life
I know that it is finished
I will not boast in anything
No gifts, no power, no wisdom
But I will boast in Jesus Christ
His death and resurrection
Why should I gain from His reward?
I cannot give an answer
But this I know with all my heart
His wounds have paid my ransom
Why should I gain from His reward?
I cannot give an answer
But this I know with all my heart
His wounds have paid my ransom
Songwriters: Stuart Townend
How Deep The Father's Love For Us lyrics
© Capitol Christian Music Group
"..this psalm ends with a note of triumph. Jesus isn’t curious, wondering how is this going to turn out? He had embedded in his soul both the horrors of the moment of abandonment, and he had embedded in his soul “for the joy that was set before him.” “ have got a promise,” he might think, “And God will not despise me in the end. He will take me back." -John Piper
"Our children will serve Him;
future generations will hear the story of how the Lord rescued us.
They will tell the generations to come
of the righteousness of the Lord,
of what He has done." Psalm 22:30-31 VOICE
