[UntoHim]

Originally Posted by Drake

You believe that this shows separation in the Godhead to the extent that only the Son died on the cross.

Where did I use this term "separation in the Godhead". I said no such thing. I implied no such thing. I believe no such thing. The reason I believe no such thing is that the Bible teaches no such thing. When the Lord Jesus cried out to the Father "My God, My God why have you forsaken me" I don't think he was just dreaming about this, do you? Do you think he was just reciting the opening verse of Psalm 22 because it seemed appropriate at the time? I believe that only the Son died on the cross because that's what the actual words say. If you want to add to the Word of God with the fanciful teachings of a man who says "forget about what the bible says...I know better...THE ENTIRE TRIUNE GOD DIED ON THE CROSS!" then you do so at your own peril.

If you believe like I do that the essential Trinity , what God is in His essence, cannot be changed from eternity past to eternity future then the Son's cry on the cross has everything to do with His pefect humanity becoming complete sin. This what the Father forsook.

So the Father didn't actually forsake him? So he was dreaming? "This" is what the Father forsook? "For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin" (2 Cor 5:21) It wasn't a "this" or an "it" that got forsaken by God, it was a "HE", and the HE was the Son of God, the Lord Jesus Christ. The Father forsook (the was the point of the Father's giving - "for God so loved the world that HE GAVE his only begotten Son") and the Son did the sacrifice. There is no need to introduce the essential or economical Trinity or any other extra-biblical terms...the actual words related to us in the bible should be good enough.
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