On the cross Jesus at 3pm in the afternoon, Jesus says: “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” He was not complaining about God, the Father, He was quoting a Messianic Psalm which foretold what the Suffering Servant would experience. Those around him would have known the rest of the words of that Psalm and understood what Jesus was saying.
He was fulfilling what was prophesied about the Suffering Servant, the Messiah. We are told he said this at 3pm which was the exact same time of day that sheep were sacrificed for the sins of the people. He was the ultimate sacrifice for the sins of humanity - dying for all who have ever lived or ever will live.
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This episode was filmed in India where those who follow Jesus are sharing about the One True God to people who believe in many gods much like the Christians in Rome that Mark was writing.
