Crucifixion and Victory – 31 March 2021, Anno Domini (In the Year of our Lord)
M Y God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring? (Psalm 22:1) A ND about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani ? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me ? (Matthew 27:46) The twenty-second Psalm is one of the most profound Messianic Psalms of the whole of that Book. It expresses, in the spirit of the prophets, the pains and anguish our Lord suffered on the cross in its first twenty-one verses. In Verses 22-31, the Psalm speaks of the resurrection glory our Lord felt at His moment of triumph over death and Hell. Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani ? This phrase is among the seven last ‘words’ (exclamations) from the cross. They reveal an amazing endurance of our...