{"id":6806,"date":"2015-08-10T00:05:46","date_gmt":"2015-08-10T07:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/?p=6806"},"modified":"2015-08-09T14:28:06","modified_gmt":"2015-08-09T21:28:06","slug":"dying-like-a-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/2015\/08\/10\/dying-like-a-man\/","title":{"rendered":"Dying Like a Man"},"content":{"rendered":"

\tAt the sixth hour darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour. And at the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, \u201cEloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?\u201d\u2014which means, \u201cMy God, my God, why have you forsaken me?\u201d <\/p>\n

\tWhen some of those standing near heard this, they said, \u201cListen, he\u2019s calling Elijah.\u201d <\/p>\n

\tOne man ran, filled a sponge with wine vinegar, put it on a stick, and offered it to Jesus to drink. \u201cNow leave him alone. Let\u2019s see if Elijah comes to take him down,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

\tWith a loud cry, Jesus breathed his last. <\/p>\n

\tThe curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. And when the centurion, who stood there in front of Jesus, heard his cry and saw how he died, he said, \u201cSurely this man was the Son of God!\u201d <\/p>\n

\tSome women were watching from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome. In Galilee these women had followed him and cared for his needs. Many other women who had come up with him to Jerusalem were also there. (Mark 15:33-41)<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Jesus did not always enjoy doing his Father\u2019s will. When Jesus was dying, he cried out, \u201cMy God, My God, why have you forsaken me?\u201d Why did Jesus say that? Some have suggested that when God put all the sins of the world on Jesus, for the first time ever Jesus experienced separation from his Father.<\/p>\n

But that explanation forgets that Jesus was a man. He had been betrayed by one of his closest friends. Most of the rest of them had run away. So he died like men die when they\u2019re on a cross: in agony and alone. How could he feel despair? He had the same feelings, the same needs that all the rest of us have. <\/p>\n

Jesus loved life and he experienced its full range of emotions. And human beings were created in God\u2019s image. As God he already knew those feelings. And feelings simply are, like the blue in the sky, or the wet in water. Some people seem bothered by Jesus\u2019 cry of despair when he died. Rather, we should be bothered only if he hadn\u2019t.<\/p>\n

If you ever think that God doesn\u2019t understand the pain of being human, the sometimes despair of it, then you don\u2019t know God. He understands. He\u2019s been there. Sometimes there is reason to feel despair. It is not a sin to feel bad, any more than it is to feel good. Like Jesus, we can rejoice when times are good, and cry when times are bad.<\/p>\n

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