QUESTION: “How can one reconcile the word of Jesus when He said, ‘My God, why have thou forsaken me?’

ANSWER: “That is just the proof that Jesus did not know the entire task with all its implications as a man. He had to go through this darkness, through these terrible trials without knowing everything, as much as He did know otherwise. There is also proof in these words that Jesus Christ was not God, as some claim. And furthermore it is proof that Jesus, as a man, was not entirely aware of what He had to go through, why and what was the exact purpose of it all. Exactly in this very uncertainty lay the difficulty of his trials and hardships, and this was part of the plan, part of the task. His suffering was so intense because His intellect did not know all the facts. If He would have known beforehand the entire picture, it would have been much easier and the element of free will would not have been as strong. He had to prove that His trust in God was complete, as difficult as it was. With that, He did not only set an example to others, but it was, as I said, the most important element of the task He came to fulfill, namely the salvation.” (PL #19)