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tr fox
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The way I was taught the bible as a small child was that of course it was pre-ordained by God that Jesus would live his life exactly as he did. The old testament makes mention many times of blood retribution for sins. That blood is the only way to absolve sins. Matthew 20:28 says,
"Just as the Son of man came, not to be ministered to,
but to minister and to give his soul a ransom in exchange for many."
That says Jesus was the ransom sacrifice for our sins. Jesus was the only one who could make the sacrifice because he was the only man "born without sin". So he was the only possible candidate to make up for the sin of Adam & Eve, because they were created perfect and were without sin, but through them sin came into the world and as all men descended from Adam, all men were born in sin.
Now I know that this doesn't qualify as to logic. For me the matter is settled, but I really couldn't see anything wrong with your question. It is valid and I think the Bible answers it.
1. Jesus came to earth to be the Ransom Sacrifice. For no other purpose. For that reason he had to be born without sin, (Immaculate Conception)
2. We can't blame the ones who killed him, if you mean the Romans, Jesus forgave them himself from the cross. "Father forgive them, for they know not what they do" Those aren't just meaningless sylables from a movie. Jesus actually said them from the accounts of the crucifixion. He called on his father to forgive them, so what right does anyone have to blame them.
If you mean the Sanhedrin, that's a whole 'nother ball of wax.
Well now, maybe all those sessions at the Kingdom hall weren't wasted. My late mother would be overjoyed to hear me quote scripture.
Of courseif you are looking for a logical or striaght scientific answer, don't hold your breath. I'm not sure there is actual scientific proof anywhere outside the Bible, the Tora, or the Koran that Jesus ever existed at all. Was he listed in the Roman Tax Rolls? Or is there a birth certificate from the city of Bethlaham? I'm not being smart a$$ed either, if someone knows of actual scientific proof please share it with me. I just meant that logic or science may not hold the answer to this question.
Nil Illegitimus Carborundum
Logic Question On Jesus
And its corolary: Hermeneutical Question On Modus Ponens.
When guns were invented everything changed. For the first time in the history of the world a frail woman had a chance to sucessfully defend herself and home. My dream is that one of the anti-gun nuts will need a gun for defense and be unable to have one because of their own actions.
By the way, for what it's worth, it is clear that Jesus studied and knew the existing Messianic scriptures and prophecies of the time, and that he not only fulfilled them to the satisfaction of many, but made conscious choices and efforts to do so all along the way.
T. Jefferson: "[When doing Constitutional interpretation], let us [go] back to the time when [it] was adopted. [Rather than] invent a meaning [let us] conform to the probable one in which it was passed."