the link between the completeness of Jesus’ humanity and his suffering on the cross — between the incarnation and the crucifixion. Musing on Jesus’ cry of dereliction (Matt. 27:46; Mark 15:34), Ferris says, “It seems almost inevitable to me that Jesus should go through this kind of darkness. . . . If you think of Jesus as God disguised as a man, then this will have no meaning for you. But if you think of him as a real man who in the very depths of his manhood disclosed the very nature of the Godhead, then this [suffering] is inevitable . . . this is an intrinsic part of human existence.”
