Matthew 27:45-46, 28:1-10

I. What does it mean that Jesus was forsaken?
-Ps. 22:1
-forsaken = azeb (Hebrew) = depart from, leave behind (leaving the presence of)
-forsaken = egkataleipo (Greek) = abandon, desert, leave
-not an ontological change, Jesus did not cease being second person of the Trinity
-MacArthur "Jesus did for a while cease to know the intimacy of fellowship with His heavenly Father"
a. Jesus was "smitten" of God.
-Is. 53:4; smitten = struck down.
-Acts 2:23
b. Jesus became our substitute.
-I Pet 2:22
-Rom. 5:8, Gal. 3:13, I John 3:16
c. Jesus became sin for us.
-II Cor. 5:21, Rom. 4:25
-Habakkuk 1:13

II. What is the significance of the Resurrection?
-John 10:18
-John Chrysostom "But mark thou, I pray thee, how He made use of their wickedness for our salvation. For after the blow the fountains of our salvation gushed forth from thence."
The Resurrection signifies:
a. Victory over:
i. the power of sin.
-Rom. 5:12
ii. the power of death.
-Rom. 5:14
-Acts 2:24, I Cor. 15:54-57
b. Cancellation of:
i. the fall.
-Rom. 5:14-18
ii. the slavery resulting from the fall.
-Rom. 6:16-18
-Dietrich Bonhhoeffer "Cheap grace means the justification of sin without the justification of the sinner...which amounts to the justificatino of sin with the justification of the repentant sinner who departs from sin and from whom sin departs."
c. Declares that Jesus is:
i. the first fruits of the resurrection.
-I Cor. 15:20-23
ii. the Exalted Son of God.
-Acts 3:13-16
-Acts 5:31, Phi. 2:9-11