Ben Masada
Well-Known Member
The Gethsemane Myth.
It has become a cliche to claim that Jesus laid his life down ow his own will because no one would take it. The opposite is rather true. The authorities were out for him and he escaped to the Gethsemane, and into a secret place that only he and his disciples knew it, including Judas.
Then, in the night of Thursday, while the disciples slept, he could not sleep. He would pray. And he prayed three times asking God to spare him from walking the Via Dolorasa. That is, he did not want to die on the cross. However, the myth goes that he shed his blood for the sins of Mankind.
The truth though is that Jesus shed his blood for no one, because, according to Jeremiah 31:30, everyone is supposed to die for his own iniquity. Then, it was against Jesus' will to walk the Via Dolorosa.
He prayed three times at the Gethsemane asking God not to have to die on the cross. When he realized that he was wasting his time, he said, "Be thy will done and not mine." Not mine! What was Jesus' will then? Obviously not to die on the cross for no one. It means the poor fella had to go to the cross against his own will.
So, Jesus shed his blood for none but because of some idiots who were proclaiming him king of the Jews at the entrance of Jerusalem of all places. And that was enough of a reason for Pilate to nail one more Jew on the cross. No wonder he also nailed a plate with the reason why Jesus had been crucified: On political charges of being proclaimed king of the Jews, where Caesar was king.
Today, when I am listening to preachers of the gospels still claiming that Jesus was king of the Jews, I am reminded that the same idiots are back in the hope of more Jews to crucify or to remind the example given off by Jesus.
Ben
It has become a cliche to claim that Jesus laid his life down ow his own will because no one would take it. The opposite is rather true. The authorities were out for him and he escaped to the Gethsemane, and into a secret place that only he and his disciples knew it, including Judas.
Then, in the night of Thursday, while the disciples slept, he could not sleep. He would pray. And he prayed three times asking God to spare him from walking the Via Dolorasa. That is, he did not want to die on the cross. However, the myth goes that he shed his blood for the sins of Mankind.
The truth though is that Jesus shed his blood for no one, because, according to Jeremiah 31:30, everyone is supposed to die for his own iniquity. Then, it was against Jesus' will to walk the Via Dolorosa.
He prayed three times at the Gethsemane asking God not to have to die on the cross. When he realized that he was wasting his time, he said, "Be thy will done and not mine." Not mine! What was Jesus' will then? Obviously not to die on the cross for no one. It means the poor fella had to go to the cross against his own will.
So, Jesus shed his blood for none but because of some idiots who were proclaiming him king of the Jews at the entrance of Jerusalem of all places. And that was enough of a reason for Pilate to nail one more Jew on the cross. No wonder he also nailed a plate with the reason why Jesus had been crucified: On political charges of being proclaimed king of the Jews, where Caesar was king.
Today, when I am listening to preachers of the gospels still claiming that Jesus was king of the Jews, I am reminded that the same idiots are back in the hope of more Jews to crucify or to remind the example given off by Jesus.
Ben