What was Jesus thinking about during His last hours as a human? It is unlikely that He dwelt on individual acts of sin during this time. Instead, His thoughts were consumed by the immense agony of separation from His Father, a pain so profound that even a day felt like a thousand years to Him. Jesus knew this separation was necessary, as His Father had to turn away due to the unbearable repulsion between God and the sins forced upon Jesus' pure being. In His suffering, He cried out, "My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?" fulfilling the prophecy He had inspired David to write a thousand years prior. In Gethsemane, Jesus prayed about the cup He was to drink, likely asking for the time of this spiritual poison—comprising the world's sins and Their separation—to pass quickly, if it aligned with His Father's will. This cup was a deadly mixture to Him, racking His body and mind with agony, yet He accepted it with full foreknowledge and resolve. Jesus knew He must endure every drop of this poison, pouring it out with His life-blood as a release of the sins contaminating Him. Throughout His trials, Jesus remained resolute, aware that He could call upon His Father for rescue but choosing not to, understanding the consequences for humanity if He did. After Gethsemane, He showed quiet resignation during the unjust trials and brutal torture, with no further complaint until His final cries of agony at the separation from His Father. His thoughts in those last human hours centered on the hope of reunification with His Father and the future vision of being seated at His right hand, rather than on the individual sins He bore.

As Jesus faced His final hours as a human being, His thoughts were not focused on the individual sins laid upon Him, but on deeper, more profound matters. He was aware of the timing and necessity of His suffering, knowing it must occur during the Passover Day in the year referred to as AD 31, and that He must be dead and entombed as that day ended. Jesus understood that His last moments of human freedom were best spent in close communication with His heavenly Father, as seen when He went to pray in Gethsemane, instructing His disciples to sit while He sought solitude for prayer. Despite His earlier welcome into Jerusalem, Jesus knew He was despised and rejected, regarded as contemptible by many, even across generations. He was aware of the spiritual weakness of His closest friends, foreseeing that they would stumble, forsake Him, and scatter. He also knew of the betrayal by one among them, which added to His burden. As He arrived at Gethsemane, a sudden and intense sorrow overwhelmed Him, a distress so profound that it surpassed any human experience, bringing Him to the brink of death, yet He remained determined to endure because the set time for His death had not yet come. Jesus' agony in Gethsemane was not yet physical but deeply emotional and spiritual, evidenced by His earnest prayers and sweat like drops of blood. This sorrow stemmed from the rejection by mankind across time, the betrayal and abandonment by His friends, and the looming separation from His loving, eternal Father. This separation was most acutely felt when, in His final moments, He cried out in delirium, expressing a sense of being deserted and left behind by His Father.