My God, My God, why have your forsaken Me? Mark 15:34, “(34) And at three Jesus cried out with a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lemá sabachtháni?“ which is translated, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?” This passage has come under scrutiny in recent years, and scrutiny is sometimes good – so long as it is due to valid reasons within a given text. If we cannot allow scripture to be questioned, then that becomes a statement that our beliefs need protection because we are afraid that they cannot stand up under scrutiny. I have spent some time listening to and studying the reasons offered for questioning Jesus’ words on the cross – and so far as I have been able to see, they are nearly all emotional appeals – not logical nor theological ones. These ALWAYS call into question nearly all of the Old Testament and everything the New Testament says in connecting the sacrificial system God set up in Israel with its fulfillment in Christ Jesus.