Not a very nice, test, hombre!
2007-01-21 15:56:12 · 17 answers · asked by starryeyed 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I'm sure people probably wanted to save him but knew their lives were in danger if they fought against the Romans. Not too different than the situation the people in Iraq face today if you ask me.
2007-01-21 15:58:57 · answer #1 · answered by rndyh77 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If a prophesy is of God no man can thwart that, and the prophesies pertaining to Jesus were of God, so nothing or no one could change Jesus dying on the cross, and am I ever thankful for that. Why am I thankful? He made a way for me to have a personal relationship with Him, and be saved and live eternally in heaven.
2007-01-22 00:25:39 · answer #2 · answered by AdoreHim 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Even if we could go back in time and exert that type of control, it would be the worst thing possible to try and prevent the crucifixion of Christ.
Do you not understand what it means? If you view Jesus as just a man, then you won't get it. God loves us, so much, that he made his own son suffer so the rest of us sinful folk could have hope. There is nothing better in the world.
2007-01-22 00:01:01 · answer #3 · answered by Molly 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
apparently none of the people in Jesus' passion play had free will. all had to perform their parts in order for the Christians to have innocent blood to wash in and be saved. see how Christians use the word "destiny". destiny (prophesy fulfillment) voids free will so all the villains in the crucifixion scenario were damned from birth ... unless they were ultimately rewarded for playing their parts in the slaughtering the Christian's sacrificial lamb.
PS. notice that Christians like the idea of Jesus fulfilling prophesy on their behalf but still insist on affixing guilt on those doing the dirty work of making his destiny happen. weird. huh? i mean ... where would they be if Judas had said "No way, Yahweh!"?
with no one to lead their Lamb of God to the sacrificial alter they'd be as hell bound as any heathen right now.
2007-01-22 00:09:41 · answer #4 · answered by nebtet 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Turn that around and look at it this way. Because of who he was,
Jesus could have saved his own life at any time. But in the Garden of Gethsemane He told God "I would that ye take this better cup from me, never the less, thy will be done not mine".
He also had the gift of "free will"! And yet he chose to give his life that all mankind might have the gift of salvation! He chose to save us, instead of himself!
2007-01-22 00:04:31 · answer #5 · answered by Carolyn T 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I couldn't have saved him. Like Fed-Ex, I wasn't invented yet. And I wonder if Christianity would have taken off without the Crucifixion and the Resurrection. The marketing of that religion would have been radically different.
2007-01-22 00:00:46 · answer #6 · answered by Boomer Wisdom 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, we couldn't have "saved" Jesus, because he willing gave his life. John 15:13, says, "No one has greater love than this, that someone should surrender his soul in behalf of his friends." Jesus was the son of God, he could have called on legions of angels to save him if he had chosen to do so. Yet, he knew that his death was necessary and crucial to our futures, so he "surrendered" his life.
2007-01-22 00:01:22 · answer #7 · answered by C. J. 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Who is "we"? No one stepped up to the plate to save Jesus. That's how those prophesies got fulfilled.
2007-01-21 23:59:55 · answer #8 · answered by High Flyer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Peter tried to save Jesus from being arrested if you remember, but Jesus told him it had to be done.
2007-01-22 00:06:56 · answer #9 · answered by impossble_dream 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All things happened in the fullfillment of the prophecy.
The will of the Father GOD shall be done.
2007-01-22 00:20:59 · answer #10 · answered by Alfredo S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋