The term “god-forsaken” is most often used figuratively to
describe places where one might not wish to be, or situations that are best
avoided. “My car broke down in that god-forsaken wilderness between
Pennsylvania and California.” “Why do the Phillies stick with that god-forsaken
line-up?” We recognize, of course, that none of these things are truly forsaken
by God. He is intimately concerned with some of the most seemingly innocuous
circumstances (2 Kings 6:5-6).
If you were to do a search of the words “God/LORD” and “forsaken”
in Scripture you would get several dozen hits. However, outside of this
quotation of Psalm 22 and the suffering of Christ, it is not “God-forsaken,”
but rather “God, forsaken, i.e., God who is the forsaken one.
It is Christ alone who can ask “My God, my God, why has though
forsaken me?” The answer to His question is that God has forsaken His Son,
because we have forsaken our God.
Daniel Triestman
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