Bible Commentary: Death of Jesus (Mark 15:33-41)
Saturday November 7, 2009
Jesus' death was not only foretold, but depicted as a necessary step in God's plan for humanity. There was never any choice in the matter - Jesus didn't choose to take on this task and didn't choose to die. It was God's will, not his own, that all of this happen. This is the essence of the 'good news' of Christianity: if God wants you to suffer horribly and die for the sake of some greater cause that you'll never be able to understand, then that's exactly what you are going to do.
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Can someone explain why Jesus is crying out to God, because he has been forsaken, when he is supposed to be god? Why has Jesus forsaken himself? He’s his own son? Makes perfect sense, doesn’t it? This and other questions should arise by reason and logic alone. Why don’t they?