Show Don't Tell: Psalm 22

Instead of saying "This messianic psalm describes crucifixion," feel the abandonment. "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, so far from my cries of anguish? My God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer, by night, but I find no rest." Jesus quoted this opening on the cross. "But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by everyone, despised by the people. All who see me mock me; they hurl insults, shaking their heads. 'He trusts in the LORD,' they say, 'let the LORD rescue him.'" The mockery at Calvary—word for word. "I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint. My heart has turned to wax; it has melted within me. My mouth is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth; you lay me in the dust of death." Bones dislocated. Heart melting. Thirst. "Dogs surround me, a pack of villains encircles me; they pierce my hands and my feet. All my bones are on display; people stare and gloat over me. They divide my clothes among them and cast lots for my garment." Piercing. Gambling for clothes. Then the turn: "I will declare your name to my people; in the assembly I will praise you... All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD, and all the families of the nations will bow down before him." From forsaken to global worship.