Because if he knew beforehand beyond a shadow of a doubt that he would be resurrected and glorified after his trials, that makes a mockery of everything he endured. It means he just went through the motions of suffering and dying, which no human being has the luxury of.
"He came to die on a cross so He could be raised again" only means that God the Father knew what was going to happen, but where does it specifically say Jesus knew it?
If he knew with certainity the glory that was waiting for him after 3 days in hell, and just pretended to be in dispair and to feel total abandonment on the cross, then he never suffered everything that we humans suffered. He cheated by having absolute certainty (that no human has, no matter how strong his faith -- the ones who claim to be 100% sure are deceiving themselves) of his escaping hell and death, so why should I believe him?
2007-11-17
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