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hast Thou forsaken me' it was to recollect the promise of God. God keeps His word; therefore,. He saved Jesus from death on the cross. People took his swoon for death and removed him from the tree. (7) The Gospels reveal that God in order to protect Jesus from the jaws of death brought extraordinary causes into play. One incident described in the Gospels is that God caused Pilate's wife to dream and she let her husband know: "Besides, while he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent word to him, "Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for. I have suffered much over him to-day in a dream. " (Mt. 27: 19). . It was God's decree that Jesus should survive. . Who is there to obstruct God's plans? (8) Jesus was the shepherd of Israel. 'And you, O Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for from you shall come a ruler who will govern my people Israel. ' (Mt. 26). . Jesus says himself: 66 'I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. " " (Mt. 15: 24). . When Jesus made his appearance the Jews were in exile and 'the sheep of the house of. Israel' were lost. Thus Jesus says: "I have some other sheep which are not of this to bring them, too". house, I have. It is a fact that the Jews 44