There is an opinion that God abandoned Jesus on the cross. We believe that this notion is untenable. While it is true that he uttered the cry of dereliction, “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?” (Matt. 27:46, Mark 15:34), we must also bear in mind that from the records of Luke and John, to be considered in due course, the Lord was in communion with his Father. He foresaw that the apostles would abandon him, but he knew that this would not be true of his Father. “Behold, the hour cometh, yea is 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).
The Origin of the Organic World – Part One