😔 “My God, My God, Why Have You Forsaken Me?” 🙏 What does He mean then by saying “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?” We say that when Adam our first father trampled the commandment given him and ignored the divine laws, human nature, in a way, was forsaken by God; rather for that reason it was cursed deserving death. When the Word the Only-begotten of God dwelt in the afflicted body so as to renew it and took hold of Abraham’s offspring to resemble to His brethren (Heb 2: 16-17), He had to set a limit to this forsaking that had befallen human nature and bring to an end the old curse and the evil within us. For that reason as one of the forsaken having participated with us resembling us in flesh and blood He said: “Why have You forsaken Me?” These are the words of someone who actually annuls the forsaking that befell us, inclining the Father to Himself, asking Him to accept us, as if asking Him to first accept Himself. For Christ became for us a beginning and source for all blessings. Whenever it is said that He receives, in his capacity as human, something from the Father, it is to convey it to our own nature. As for Himself, He is perfect and does not need anything whatsoever, as He is God. #HolyWeek #CryOfDereliction #Atonement #Christology #Incarnation #Theology