Not at all. Instead I try to take Scripture for what it says rather than use its contents to build my own theories. The question here is not Penal Substitution (I affirm Penal Substitution) but if Jesus remained God - by definition (by being "one" with God, by experiencing the full presence of the Father and Spirit) - or if God abandoned Jesus so that he was just a man (but sinless) hanging on a tree in such a way that we will call him "God" knowing full well he no longer qualifies to wear that title.I see your position as a piece meal approach to the scriptural doctrine of penal substitution. Piece meal, in that you take one Biblical term/principle at a time, empty it of its Biblical meaning, redefine it so that it denies its intended Biblical meaning and then you bring your redefined terms/principles together and form your doctrine.
You are dancing around the subject by building theory upon theory to substantiate you ideas. Either Jesus was forsaken by the Father in such a way that he remained one with the Father and Spirit, that the Spirit remained on him, that he stayed on the cross by the power of the Spirit (effecting our salvation through the Holy Spirit) OR you are correct and God withdrew not his "loving presence" (to quote Beeke) but Himself.
Your appeal to schizophrenia does not work either. What Jesus experienced as man he experienced as God (which is the point of the incarnation...and the cross as what he experiences as God he experiences as man). Jesus was tempted as we are - by the things of the flesh but not apart from being God. You are denying the doctrine of the Trinity (the orthodox version, anyway). Jesus set aside his glory, not his identity.
My challenge remains open. There are numerous passages that deal with God's Holy One being "forsaken", but all in terms of deliverance. This is exactly what Psalm 22:1 states, for example. Please provide one verse that states that the Holy Spirit departed from Christ on the cross. As it is so essential, I'm sure there are plenty of passages out there but being such a poor student of Scripture I just have yet to find one.
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