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In this video, Avery is going to be attempting to answer the controversial question about the last words of Jesus. And these words themselves are going to show that Jesus is completely man and not a god at all. And Avery is going to be helping us out with that one.
While on the cross, Jesus's last words were allegedly, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" While on the cross, according to the Bible, the alleged last words of Jesus were, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" And in my opinion, that's an excellent, excellent question for you. If you don't mind.
Sure. So, um, in the Bible, it says, so before, uh, Jesus, peace be upon us, crucified, right? Um, he says, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" Right? Yeah. It seems as though, like, um, and this is something that just intrigued me, and I want to get your input on it. According to Islam interpretation, obviously, we don't believe Jesus was crucified, right? This is so when I read that verse, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" In my mind, I would think it's more accurate to the Jew that he's, you know, replaced with Jesus, because that's the Islamic belief, rather than the son asking the, the father why he's forsaken him. When if Jesus is God, he has the power to remove himself from that scenario, right? So that's something I, yeah, that's a question I have.
Well, yeah. So really, what he's doing is he's quoting a prophecy. He's quoting Psalm 22. And the Jews are around there listening. They're hearing what he's saying. And the Psalms and the Hebrew scriptures, they were always recited amongst the Jews. They memorized this stuff. So when they heard the first line of the psalm, they would know what Jesus is quoting, Psalm 22. Actually, the people around there didn't know that Jesus was quoting the Psalms because they actually assumed that Jesus was calling Elijah. So the people that were actually there did not in any way understand this in the same way that Avery did. But let's carry on.
"My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, so far from my cries of anguish?" Sound familiar, right? That's what Jesus said. Yeah. Right. Now, drop down to about, I want to say the sixth verse. Was was verse six, like, read from verse six to eight. What does that say?
"But I am a worm and not a man." Keep going. "Scorned by everyone, despised by the people." So he's low and he's despised and rejected by the people. Sound familiar? Yeah. Yeah.
Now go ahead and skip down to verse 14. Read 14 to 16. According to Avery, Jesus quoted Psalms 22 because he wants the people to recognize the terrible state that he is in. The verses in the chapter, according to Avery, reflect Jesus. So basically, we have Jesus referring to himself as a worm and not a man. According to Avery, it blows my mind how folks like Avery can say this with a straight face, claim that Jesus was comparing himself to a worm while in reality being God.
Now go ahead and skip down to verse 14. Read 14 to 16. "I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint. My heart has turned to wax; it is melted within me. My mouth is dried up like a potshard, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth; you lay me in the dust of death. Dogs surround me, a pack of villains encircles me; they pierce my hands and my feet. They did what? They pierced my hands and my feet. You see that? Does that sound familiar? Yeah.
So this is what Jesus is quoting, and he's quoting a Psalm a thousand years before this event happens by Prophet David that prophesies what's happening to the Messiah. Actually, I've refuted this, uh, part in the previous video. So this is actually quite convincing that it's about the crucifixion until I actually looked it up. See this little footnote right here above the word "pierce"? Well, when you click on it, it shows you that the earliest manuscripts include "like a lion" instead. So this has got nothing to do with the crucifixion, nothing to do with piercing and the hands and feet or anything like that. Avery, you should know better.
So the Jews that are there at the crucifixion, the ones who handed him over to the Romans to be crucified, the ones who are mocking him while he's on the cross, saying, "You're the Son of God, come down, save yourself. You saved others," scorning him, rejecting him, all of this was already foretold. And when they hear this, when when they hear him quote Psalm 22, they'll recognize it. Oh, this is happening right now. This is being fulfilled right now as we speak. We're the ones doing this to him. And maybe they will come to repentance, but they still reject it. So you see?
Yeah, go ahead. So was fulfilling a prophecy that was foretold in the past? That's correct. Okay, I understand. Not really. Again, the Jews, as I've pointed out previously, didn't understand this in the same way that Avery did. They actually assumed that Jesus was calling out to Elijah, a previous prophet. They didn't think that Jesus was calling out to the Creator. They assumed that Jesus was calling out to the creation.
So let's break this down. According to Avery's theory, he's saying that Jesus was quoting Psalms 22, verse 1, because 15 verses later, there is a verse that speaks of the crucifixion. Which of course is completely inaccurate. If Jesus wanted to quote, uh, something to do with the crucifixion, he should have quoted the verse directly instead of quoting a verse, um, 15 verses before it. Like, imagine this. Imagine Jesus, while on the cross, saying, "I am a worm, not a man." Like, would this be evidence of the crucifixion? Folks, if you actually believe that it would be, then I'm sorry, I can't really help you. But instead, what you're saying is, what we have here is God on the cross calling out to God, asking God, "Why did you forsake God?" But he actually meant to say, "I am the fulfillment of the prophecy."
Now, let's, uh, just take this at face value. I'm not going to provide you with some sort of Islamic interpretation. I'm just going to read the text for what it is. And I'm saying this because again, I don't believe in these words. I don't believe that Jesus ever said these things. I don't believe in the Bible. Uh, but here is what it has to say. This occurred a day before the crucifixion of Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane. They went to a place called Gethsemane, and Jesus said to his disciples, "Sit here while I pray." He took Peter, James, and John along with him, and he began to be deeply distressed and troubled. "My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death," he said to them. "Stay here and keep watch." Going a little farther, he fell to the ground and prayed that if possible, the hour might pass from him. "Abba, Father," he said, "everything is possible for you. Take this cup from me, yet not what I will, but what you will."
So, as we can see, Jesus is fully aware of what's about to happen. He's aware that he's going to be betrayed. He's aware that he's going to be killed. It's going to be a very painful death. And he's displaying fear. And he wants God to save him. He wants God to take this cup away from him. He falls to the ground. He's praying. Instead, he's crucified. And while on the cross, he says, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"
Now, naturally, this doesn't make much sense for someone that believes in the divinity of Jesus, because, I mean, naturally, um, God isn't supposed to say something to God. However, if you open yourself up to the text, you will realize that Jesus himself is a broken Jesus, and he's screaming out these words due to the pain that he's actually in. And it's in direct contradiction with this idea, this suggestion that he is God. It isn't some sort of hidden message that the people there at the time didn't get. Again, if you're going to quote scripture in order to get your feelings across, you don't quote scripture that completely opposes the reality of your situation, saying, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" when you actually meant, "Hey, I know that I'm going to be saved and I'm going to conquer death." That doesn't make any sense.
So, yeah, me as a Muslim, again, this doesn't mean much to me. I don't believe in the Bible. I don't believe in the Gospels as authoritative. I don't accept the reports of non-eyewitnesses. And if you want to be, uh, familiar with issues with the reliability of the Gospels, then do check out this playlist that I've made right here with brother EZ Ahmed. But if you are a Christian and you believe that these words are inspired and you believe in the authority and the preservation of the Gospel of Mark and the Gospel of Matthew, then you should be rejecting the divinity of Jesus based on the last words uttered by him. You should. And every should. And to the rest of you guys, I'll catch you guys later. You know, get you a little, get you a little sexy voice on. Fear the ladies and fear God.