The reading of psalm 22 is erringly prophetic of the later passion of the Christ, this therefore makes this particular psalm attributed to King David of especially intriguing promise, as the Christ, Himself, is considered to be of Davidic lineage. Psalm 22:1 begins with: “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?” which echoes exactly Matthew 27:46 “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?” In Psalm 22:7 we read that “All they that see me laugh me to scorn”, while in Matthew 27:39 it says: “And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads.” Further, it goes on in Psalm 22:8 to say: “He trusted on the Lord that he would deliver him: let him deliver him,” to which we read in Matthew 27:43 “He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him.” At Psalm 22:18 it is said: “They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture,” which is echoed in Matthew 27:35 as: “….They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots.” Finally, in Psalm 22:31: “They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done this," which in itself is the history and legacy of living Christianity itself.
The fact that the reading of Psalm 22 in which it clearly has parallel passages as stated in the New Testament, means of a certainty, that the gospel writers were well familiar with the Psalms, meaning too that their audience in turn were probably familiar with such, and that the parallelism in the New Testament that affirms Psalm 22 was absolutely purposeful for the uplifting of the Christ consciousness to all. This signifies that the gospel writers, who affirmed in other Biblical passages that the Christ was indeed the chosen one as prophesied, affirm this further by drawing upon this particular Psalm and stating in effect, through parallel passages that Jesus the Christ fulfilledthis by his passion play.
In point of fact, the reading of Psalm 22, reads compellingly well as the precursor of the Christ, his atoning grace, his ultimate victory, and his righteousness. The fit, form, and function as presented in this Psalm are so profound, that multiple readings of it as well as referrals within the Bible are necessitated by it. While mankind often struggles to make sense of the present time, let alone future events, the Bible foreshadows the future for those discerning enough to understand it. This means, that the good book, holds in its pages the enduring eternal wisdom of God, Himself.
Even more to the point, although the Passion Play is clearly shown and described in Psalm 22, the overriding point that God wishes to impart to us, His children, is the object lessons of Christ, Himself. Those lessons demonstrated by His actions here on earth, included: submission and surrender to God and to His omniscient wisdom, the recognition that your body is just a vessel which houses God consciousness but is not God Himself, that there is but one Truth, that the kingdom of God welcomes all, that the peace that we desire can only come from those that are at peace with themselves, that love trumps a multitude of sins, that we must do right by our neighbor because our neighbor is a reflection of all that we and our community are, and finally to have the faith of a child of the most-high God, recognizing that God is indeed our Father, and will never slumber nor be satisfied, until each and every one of His children rests peacefully in the bosom of His enduring and comforting love.