ELI ELI LAMA ZEBACHTANI

The real meaning of Jesus words on the Cross

We must remember that Jesus cried out in the Hebrew tongue and not in the Greek, as the soldiers mocked him and said that he was calling Eli the prophet

Mat 27:46-47  And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man calleth for Elias.

Now did Jesus actually cry out my God My God why hast thou forsaken me?

Cross reference this with Psalm 22 v1

Psa 22:1  .... My God,(Eli) ^H410 my God,(Eli)^H410 why (meh)^H4100 hast thou forsaken (awzab) ^H5800 me? ...

H410    (My GOD)  אל  

'êl  ale

Shortened from H352; strength; as adjective mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity): - God (god), X goodly, X great, idol, might (-y one), power, strong. Compare names in “-el.”

H4100 מה    מ־    מ־    מה    מה  (WHY)

mâh  mah  mâ  ma  meh   maw, mah, maw, mah, meh

A primitive particle; properly interrogitive what? (including how?, why? and when?); but also exclamations like what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjugational sneses: - how (long, oft, [-soever]), [no-] thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby (-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.

H5800 (FORSAKEN) עזב

‛âzab aw-zab'

A primitive root; to loosen, that is, relinquish, permit, etc.: - commit self, fail, forsake, fortify, help, leave (destitute, off), refuse, X surely.

Now if Jesus had indeed cried out My God My God why hast Thou forsaken Me, He would have said like King David said in Psalm 22

ELI ELI MEH AW-ZAB

 But Jesus words was recorded as

Eli, Eli, lama zebachthani 

Interpreted this would mean  

MY GOD, MY GOD THE SACRIFICE IS COMPLETE

The Hebrew word for sacrifice is 

H2077  (Sacrifice) זבח

Zebach    zeh'-bakh

From H2076; properly a slaughter, that is, the flesh of an animal; by implication a sacrifice (the victim or the act): - offer (-ing), sacrifice.

We Limit God by our lack of expectations

We Limit God by our lack of expectations

This morning as I had a visitor, Past John from Zimbabwe, we started to talk about God, and what God is doing, actually Past John was talking and I was just sitting there listening, as he spoke about his ministry, and what he wants to do, and what obstacles lies ahead of him.

While he was talking, the Holy Spirit was ministering to my spirit, telling me about my own short comings and limitations, God spoke to me and said to me that we have put Him in a box, because of our limitations. As believers we are limiting God every day, just sit in a conversation and listen to the people

We have all put God in a box. for many there problems is bigger than God, for others God can only do this and do that, no don't pray like that, you can't ask that etc.

Our lack of expectation and our lack of response to our expectations limit God, When last did we have a great expectation? When last did we came to church expecting to receive a fresh infilling, a time of refreshing, when last did we expected something exceedingly abundantly far more than what we can think or imagine.

Agg you know man it will be like last sunday, ag we do it always like this, ag you know.....

Hear the Word of the Lord this morning, "My children it is time to broaden your horizen, it is time for you to step out of your self made molds, break down the walls around you and see Me and see My power. Stop limiting Me, stop placing boarders around your expectations, come to Me with an Expectant Heart and surely I will meet you, I am the Lord your God, beside Me their is no one, I spoke and the world came into existence, there is nothing that is too small or to big for Me, open up, broaden your hearts and minds, be like My servant Jabez and start to say Lord extent my boarders, widen my tent pens, extent my territory. Come come unto Me with an expectant heart, I am the Lord Your God I am faithful to My Word and to the promise of My Word, know this declares the Lord God Almighty My Word will never return unto Me void, I will do what I have said I will do."

LOOK WHAT THE LORD HAS DONE

We serve an Awesome and Amazing God

Almost four months ago I realized that my eye sight was deteriorating, every day it was getting weaker and weaker, then about three months ago one Friday morning I woke up, and had lost almost all of my eye sight, I could not see further than 1 (one) meter in front of me, everything was a blur, and I felt like I was dying. when I went to the doctor he tested my blood sugar it was 24.8, my blood preasure was very high, and I had problems with my kidneys. the diagnosis was that I am Type 2 Diabetic and I was placed on a diet accompanied with medication, from the Doctors office I went to the optometrist, the diagnosis was not good, there was nothing they could do for me, and it would take weeks if not months for them to determine the extent of the damage to my eyes and if possible for my eye sight to recover somewhat but it would never be normal again.

I went before God, and reminded Him of the promises of His Word.

I only recently started to fulfill a dream I had for 34 Years, and I can not go blind now, I mean come on I am 39 almost 40, I still want to work for the Lord, preach a whole lot of sermons, lead thousand to Christ, and travel the world, I can not go blind now.

God heard my cry, and He answered my prayers, my blood sugar have been within normal range for the past month and a half, and my eye sight is better than what it was, and to top it all Spiritually I can feel there is a difference, there is a new fire burning in side of me a new Zeal for the work of the ministry.

I learned the reality of my body being the Temple of God, and that we should take care of our bodies, eat a balanced diet, exercise and spend a lot of time in God's presence