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Did God Abandon Jesus? The Real Meaning of Psalm 22 on the Cross
Snapshot When Jesus cried, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” on the cross, he was not expressing divine abandonment. Instead, he was employing an ancient rabbinic teaching technique known as remez. By quoting the opening line of Psalm 22, Jesus prompted his listeners to recall an entire prophetic psalm that walks through…