This wicked generation was still looking for signs to the very end (i.e., Matt 16:4). The proper attitude of a
believer was found in three men tossed into a furnace many years prior to this:
(17) ―If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace; and he will
deliver us out of your hand, O king.
(18) But if not, be it known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the golden image
which you have set up." (Dan 3:17-18)
27:46 My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?―And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My
God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?‖
The ideas of: a) Messiah being Elohim; and, b) Y‘shua talking to YHWH, are both difficult to prove using
Scripture at the literal (p'shat) level. The concept of YHWH's various "emanations" that lies deep within the
mystical aspects of Judaism are touched on below.
Forsaken: What Did Y‟shua Mean?What did Y‘shua mean when He cried out on the crucifixion stake, ―My God, My God, why have You
forsaken Me?" (Matt 27:46 and Psalm 22:1) Was He really and truly forsaken by the Father, or was it a figure
of speech? Did He doubt YHWH? Why did He ask? Did he not know the answer?
To understand the answer to these questions, one must understand the nature of the person of Y‘shua, the
nature of His sufferings, and the nature of His question.
The Nature of His Humanity: Real and Complete Humanity:
There are several reasons for the incarnation of Y‘shua. One is that YHWH is immortal and cannot die;
Y‘shua took on humanity in order to be able to die.
YHWH is immortal. The psalmist prays, ―the heavens are the work of Your hands. They will perish, but You
will endure; Yes, they will all grow old like a garment... But You are the same, And Your years will have no
end." (Psalm 102:25-27). Paul blesses YHWH as ―the King eternal, immortal, invisible" (1 Tim 1:17). Since
YHWH is immortal, how is He to die on the crucifixion stake? YHWH cannot die. ―Therefore, when He came
into the world, He said: '... a body You have prepared for Me'" (Heb 10:4-5). Y‘shua took on humanity and a
body in order to be able to die.
Another reason for the incarnation is that YHWH Cannot be Tempted. ―Let no one say when he is tempted, 'I
am tempted by God'; for God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He Himself tempt anyone" (James 1:13).
And He would have to be tempted in order to become a sinless sacrifice (not merely innocent, but tested and
proven without sin). He would have to be tempted; in order to as a man, undo the mess man got us into.
Y‘shua took on humanity in order to be really and truly tempted. Hebrews affirms that Y‘shua was ―in all
points tempted as we are, yet without sin" (Heb 4:15-16). It was not His deity, but His humanity which made
that possible.
Y‘shua was not merely Elohim encased in a body. His humanity was real inside and out. He possessed a
human spirit and was psychologically human.
"This selfsame one is perfect both in deity and in humanness; this selfsame one is also actually God and
actually man, with a rational soul [meaning human soul] and a body. He is of the same reality as God as far
as his deity is concerned and of the same reality as we ourselves as far as his humanness is concerned;
thus like us in all respects, sin only excepted." - Definition of Chalcedon, 451
Y‘shua experienced real human emotions. Several examples are:
Love: The disciple ―whom Jesus loved" (John 13:23)
Compassion: ―But when He saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion for them, because they
were weary and scattered, like sheep having no shepherd." (Matt 9:36) (literally, "moved in one's internal or
visceral organs".)