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This is a question of pure speculation in which I plan to raise discussion about whether God relies on the faith or nature of humans or whether God controls others through destiny.
Many religions claim that Jesus was prophesized in the Bible before the New Testament and that this was part of God’s plan to offer His only begotten son up for our sins. So what would have happened if the established authority refused to kill Jesus? What if instead Jesus died of old age and was never martyred? Would God have to reincarnate His son again in the expectation that another era’s current authority would arrest and execute him or would God have to force his hand and control others to kill Jesus? Would God have continued this until we got it right? What kind of knowledge did God possess when Jesus was born to the earth? Did God perceive that everything would go as planned or was He winging it on the faith and hope that His will would get done? How does this method work when it concerns prophecy and what does this say about God when this prophecy goes unfulfilled? Last edited by cardero; 08-28-2008 at 11:16 PM.. |
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The Christian god is described as all-knowing. Therefore, he would know for certain the Jesus would be executed by crucifixion, as well as every detail leading up to that event, as well as all things to follow. The free will of people only extends as far as God's will allows it, seeing as we will eventually need to do his bidding in some way for plans such as this to come to fruition.
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![]() If Jesus was never crucified, Christians would declare that he was supposed to be killed the second time around, and that what is now thought of as his second coming will instead be the third coming. |
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The fact remains that however you choose to believe, it will be the Final time for his return.....................
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I think that the death of Jesus was necessary to get his philosophy out. If he hadn't been tried and executed in that manner, it would have been unlikely(though not impossible) that anyone would have heard about him or what he said. After all, Jesus himself never actually wrote anything down...
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It may also imply that if there is an afterlife of heaven and hell, these reservations are already sealed regardless of what we do our how much we repent making the sacrifice of Jesus, well...theatrical.
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That's putting it mildly...
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