A Prophetic Glimpse of the Cries of Christ Part 1

Evangelist Stacey Lunsford

Scripture References:

Psalm 22 – Key Verse 1

The Artful Skill Of Crying From A Bilblical Perspective

Psalm 22:1, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?  Why art thou so far from helping me and from the words of my roaring?

Roar is to groan, to utter a deep prolonged sound indicative of pain, grief, or vexation.  In Hebrew the word for groan is anaq (aw-nak) to make a shriek, to cry out in groaning, to make a loud high pitch cry, to scream.  In Greek, the word of groan is stenazo (sten-ad-zo) and it means to sigh, to groan or pray audibly.

•Psalm 22:1-21 is informs us that Jesus will be crucified            Matt 26 & Matthew 27

•Psalm 22:15, Jesus thirst on the cross - My strength is

        dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my

         jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death -

        John 19:28

•Psalm 22:18, soldiers gamble for Jesus clothes - They

        part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my

        vesture. See Matthew 27:35

•Psalm 22:22, Jesus speaks of His father – I will declare

        thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the

        congregation will I praise thee. Hebrew 2:12

Psalm 22:1, what does it mean to be forsaken?  Forsaken means to give up, to abandon or desert someone especially during a difficult time.

In this text, David was rejected by his friends and he felt rejected by God.  This rejection as painful as it was; was a prophetic glimpse of the cries of Christ in Matthew 27:46 when Jesus hanging on the cross in excruciating pain, 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?  What does it mean to cry? Cry is….

To shed tears as the result of a strongly felt emotion, (happy, sad, hurting, rejoicing).

To shout or call out loudly to God by praising & worshipping him, especially when we experience pain and have suffered a loss.

To make a distinctive sound, to make a natural high pitched characteristic call, (as referring to birds or animals) Did you see the movie Jurassic Park Part 3?  Remember the part when the raptors came to their nest and they found two of their eggs missing? Well what did they do? They sent out a war cry and when the other raptors heard it, they stopped what they were doing and they immediately came to their rescue.  They accessed the situation and strategically pursued the perpetrators that stole their eggs.

Have you ever been in a situation where you had to make a war cry? Jesus exhibited all of these definitions of crying as he cried out to God but he wasn’t just asking a question, Jesus was fulfilling the prophecy of Psalm 22:1, when David was rejected by his friends and cried out, My God, My God, why has thou forsaken me? 

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"Get out of bed, Jerusalem! Wake up. Put your face in the sunlight. God's bright glory has risen for you. The whole earth is wrapped in darkness,

all people sunk in deep darkness, But God rises on you, his sunrise glory breaks over you. Nations will come to your light, kings to your sunburst brightness.

Isaiah 60:1-3 MSG

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