Every Good Friday, Christian pastors stand in their pulpits and tell the biggest lie of the Christian faith.
In their zeal to overstate the suffering of Jesus – as if being tortured and nailed to a cross for six hours isn’t bad enough – they will attempt to convince people in the pews that Jesus also experienced a spiritual separation from the Father and that, for the first time in all Eternity, the bond between Father and Son was severed.
This is never taught anywhere in the Bible.
Not once.
Next, they will add one last insult by confidently asserting that the Father turned His face away from Jesus in that same moment because of all of that awful sin – your sins and mine – that were laid upon him.
But…there isn’t one single verse – not one hint, anywhere – that the Father turned away from Jesus at any time.
It’s just not there.
And yet, somehow, in hundreds of thousands of Christian Churches across the globe, where pastors routinely claim to teach/preach ONLY what the Bible says and not what they wish it said, or any man-made doctrines, they will quite ironically do exactly that.
Where is the verse that claims the Father and the Son were ever separated from one another?
Where is the scripture that affirms that the Father turned His face away from the Son?
There aren’t any verses that say these things.
Yet no one ever challenges these outright lies or questions this fabricated narrative.
Every Good Friday, and every Easter, preachers, teachers and pastors repeat this absolute fairy tale theology over and over again until no one questions it and everyone believes it’s the Gospel truth.
But, it’s not. It’s a big, fat, huge lie.
The closest thing to a proof text for these two huge lies is found only in one place, and even then it says nothing even close to what pastors try to make it say.
Here’s the verse: “And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lema sabaktanei?” that is, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”
That’s it. One verse found only in one Gospel that never mentions:
*Separation from God
*The Father turning away from Jesus
*The spiritual pain of being separated from God
*Our sins creating a division between God and Jesus
Can you believe it?
What’s even more astounding is what happens when you trace the quote from Jesus here to Psalm 22, where it orginates. Once there you’ll see plenty of other references in that chapter to events that closely mirror the suffering Jesus was undergoing in that moment:
“…they pierce my hands and my feet.” [v. 16]
“…They divide my clothes among them and cast lots for my garment.” [v.18]
Wow. That’s pretty amazing. Jesus quotes the first line of a well-known Hebrew worship song while on the cross which predicts his own crucifixion.
But, let’s keep reading that same chapter in Psalms to see if there are any other clues about why Jesus might have referenced it. If we do we’ll read this startling statement:
“For God has not despised or scorned the suffering of the afflicted one; he has not hidden his face from him but has listened to his cry for help.” [v.24]
Anyone who halfway tries to study the reference Jesus makes to Psalm 22 cannot help but notice that the Scriptures deny the idea that God would turn his face away from Jesus as they pierce his hands and his feet, and as they divide his clothing and cast lots for his garment. No! It emphatically and decisively proclaims that God HAS NOT HIDDEN HIS FACE FROM HIM!
What more proof do we need?
How about what Jesus himself says?
“A time is coming and in fact has come when you will be scattered, each to your own home. You will leave me all alone. Yet I am not alone, for my Father is with me.” [John 16:32]
So, if your pastor or Sunday School teacher tries to convince you that Jesus experienced separation from God on the cross, or that the Father turned his face away from Jesus as he was being crucified, feel free to challenge their poor scholarship.
Better yet, urge them to preach the truth rather than spread lies. Encourage them to preach what the scriptures actually teach:
“That God was in Christ not counting our sins against us but reconciled the World to Himself” [2 Cor. 5:19]
“God is love and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them.” [1 John 4:16]
„The love of God is higher, wider, longer, deeper and beyond imagination.“ [See Eph. 3]
„Nothing will ever separate you from God’s awesome love.“ [See Romans 8]
God’s reaction to our sins is not revulsion or rejection or separation. Far from it. God’s reaction to sin is simply this: Forgiveness.
You are forgiven.
The sins of the world have been wiped clean!
The world is now reconciled to God!
That’s Good News. That’s the meaning of Good Friday.
We murdered God’s Son. God and His Son forgave us before it even happened.
Believe the Truth. Accept no substitutes.
SCBH
VELIKI PETAK I LAŽ KOJU VAM PRODAJU
Svakog Velikog petka, hrišćanski pastiri stoje za svojim propovjedaonicama i govore najveću laž hrišćanske vjere.
U svojoj revnosti da prenaglase Isusove patnje – kao da je to što je bio mučen i šest sati prikovan za krst nedovoljno – oni će pokušati da uvjere ljude da je Isus iskusio i duhovno odvojenje od Oca i da je, po prvi put u cijeloj vječnosti, veza između Oca i Sina bila prekinuta.
To se ne naučava nigdje u Bibliji.
A onda će dodati i poslednju uvredu za razum samouvjereno tvrdeći da je, u tom času na krstu, Otac okrenuo svoje lice od Isusa zbog tog užasnog grijeha – vaših i mojih grijeha – koji su bili na njega natovareni.
Ali…nema ni jednog jedinog stiha niti naznake, bilo gdje, da je se Otac okrenuo od Isusa bilo kad.
Jednostavno, toga nema.
Međutim, u stotinama hiljada hrišćanskih crkava širom globusa, gdje pastiri svakodnevno tvrde da naučavaju/propovijedaju SAMO šta Biblija kaže a ne šta bi oni htjeli da ona kaže, i nikakvu doktrinu smišljenu od strane čovjeka, ironija je da će upravo to uraditi.
Gdje je stih koji tvrdi da su Otac i Sin ikada bili razdvojeni jedan od drugog?
Gdje je to mjesto u Pismu koje potvrđuje da je Otac okrenuo svoje lice od Sina?
Ne postoje takve tvrdnje.
Ipak, niko ne dovodi u pitanje ovakve izrečene laži i izmišljene narative.
Svakog Velikog petka i svakog Vaskrsa, propovjednici, vjeroučitelji i pastiri ponavljaju ovu bajkovitu teologiju iznova, sve dok to više niko ne preispituje i ne sumnja da je to jevanđeljska istina.
Ali nije. To je jedna velika laž.
Najbliže što bi, naizgled, moglo potvrditi ove dvije laži se nalazi samo na jednom mjestu, pa čak ni tad ne govori ni približno ono što pastiri pokušavaju da nas uvjere.
Evo stiha: – ‘’I oko devetog sata, Isus povika iz glasa, govoreći, ‘’Eli, Eli, lama savaktani?’’, što će reći, ‘’Bože moj, Bože moj, zašto si me ostavio?’’
I to je to. Jedan stih koji se nalazi u samo jednom Jevanđelju i koji ne pominje:
– Odvojenje od Boga
– Oca koji se okreće od Isusa
– Duhovnu bol usled odvojenja od Boga
– Naše grijehe da uzrokuju razdor između Oca i Isusa.
Možete li da vjerujete?
Ono što još više zapanjuje je šta se dešava kad idemo tragom tog Isusovog povika do dvadeset drugog Psalma, gdje je i nastao. Kad odemo u to poglavlje, vidjećemo još puno drugih uputa na događaje koji blisko odslikavaju Isusovu patnju u tom momentu:
‘’… probodoše ruke moje i noge moje.’’ [16. stih]
‘’… razdijeliše odjeću moju među sobom, i za haljinu moju bacahu kocku.’’ [18. stih]
Ovo je čudesno. Dok visi na krstu, Isus navodi prvi stih dobro poznate jevrejske pjesme za proslavljanje koja predviđa njegovo raspeće.
Ali, hajde da čitamo dalje kroz ovo poglavlje u Psalmima kako bi vidjeli ima li drugih naznaka zašto bi Isus citirao njegov prvi stih. Kad to uradimo, pročitaćemo ovu iznenađujuću izjavu:
‘’Jer se Bog ne ogluši molitve ubogog niti je odbi; ne odvrati od njega lice svoje, nego ga usliši kad Ga zazva.’’ [24. stih]
Svako ko bar polovično pokuša da razmotri Isusovo navođenje iz dvadeset drugog Psalma ne može a da ne primijeti da Pismo negira ideju da je Bog odvratio svoje lice od Isusa dok su mu probijali ruke i noge, i dok su dijelili i bacali kocku za njegovu odjeću. Ne! Pismo nedvosmisleno i odlučno saopštava da Bog NIJE SAKRIO SVOJE LICE OD NJEGA!
Koji još dokaz za to nam treba?
Možda to šta sam Isus kaže?
‘’Evo, dolazi čas, i već je došao, kad ćete se razbježati svako svojoj kući i ostavićete me samog. Ali ja nisam sam, jer je Otac sa mnom.’’ [Jovan 16:32]
Dakle, ako vaš pastir ili vjeroučitelj pokušava da vas uvjeri da je Isus doživio odvojenje od Boga na krstu, ili da je Otac okrenuo svoje lice od Isusa dok je bio raspet, slobodno dovedite u pitanje njihovo slabo naučavanje.
Još bolje, tražite od njih da vam propovijedaju istinu umjesto laži.
Ohrabrujte ih da propovijedaju ono što nas Pismo zapravo uči :
‘’Bog je bio u Hristu, ne računajući ljudima njihove prijestupe već pomirivši svijet sa sobom.’’ [2.Korinćanima 5:19]
‘’Bog je ljubav, i ko ostaje u ljubavi, ostaje u jedinstvu s Bogom i Bog ostaje u jedinstvu s njim.’’ [1.Jovanova 4:16]
Božija ljubav je viša, šira, duža i dublja nego što možemo da zamislimo. [vidi Efescima 3]
Nikad i ništa nas neće razdvojiti od veličanstvene Božije ljubavi.
[vidi Rimljanima 8]
Božija reakcija na naše grijehe nije odbojnost, nije naše odbacivanje ili odvojenje od nas. Daleko od toga. Božiji odgovor na grijeh je jednostavno i samo ovo:
Oproštenje.
Vama je oprošteno.
Grijesi svijeta su izbrisani!
Svijet je sada pomiren sa Bogom!
To je Dobra vijest. To je značenje Velikog petka.
Ubili smo Božijeg Sina. Bog i njegov Sin su nam oprostili prije nego se to i desilo.
Vjerujte u istinu. Ne prihvatajte ništa u zamjenu.
Preveo:
M. Vukojičić
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