Caught off Guard

   Christ, throughout his ministry, is always prepared and ready in many of the situations he is faced with. However, Christ knows and relates to everything we go through, so even Christ was taken by surprise during his life. This happened at the worst possible moment, when he was suffering on the cross. Christ's foreknowledge is seen when he says: "the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me." (John 16: 32) So, it would seem that Christ was unaware of what would happen while he was suffering on the cross. He thought he would always have God with him but its obvious that's not true in the following verse: "And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying ... My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?"(Mathew 27: 46) In Christ's most desperate time of need he found himself without the company of someone whom he though would always be with him. God knew that as part of the atonement he too needed to withdraw from Christ, however, God was undoubtedly more aware of his son in that moment than in any other. Despite Christ's perfection he went through many of life's perfectly terrible experiences. He truly can relate to each and every one of us no matter what were going through.