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Why did Jesus say: 'My God, My God, why have you forsaken Me?

Why did Jesus say: 'My God, my God, why have you forsaken me ?'  It reads as a bitter, desperate cry. As Jesus hangs on the cross, naked, dying, and at the climax of his earthly ministry he cries: 'My God, my God, why have you forsaken me.' The phrase appears in both Matthew's and Mark's account of Jesus' death and both include a transliteration of what Jesus said: 'Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?' before adding, 'which means "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"'. Jesus, the son of God, who has led a life in perfect union with God the Father, is abandoned by him at his most desperate moment. And as he dies he gives this heart-rending cry: 'My God, my God, why have you forsaken me.' So why did God abandon him at this moment? At this moment, all the world's sin and guilt is laid on Jesus. All the things we have done which we shouldn't and thing we should have done but didn't create a sep...