They almost regret and impiddy Christ for having to do this as if he didn't have agency

in this process.

You know, the concept of paracrisis, the paracuratic activity of the Godhead, which is basically,

you know, the Godhead working together to do something.

This was not something that just happened to Jesus that the Father sort of inflicted upon

the Son and the Son just had to say, yes, Daddy, I'll do it.

This is something that was planned in advance before the foundation of the world.

Exactly.

And so what we have to do is see a Savior on across the God-man who knew full well what

he came to this world to do.

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Jews demand signs in Greeks seek wisdom, but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling

block to the Jews and fall into the Gentiles.

The Cross it seems has always been a scandal.

Jews wanted to sign that demonstrates power, not a dead rabbi on a cross.

Greeks went wisdom to shame the foolish and exalt the self, not lamentations from the

place of a brutal and bloody suffering.

Sure, the resurrection might give glory and wisdom, but why must Christ go to the cross

first?

Why not just bow the knee to Satan and the wilderness, call on the angels and avoid

the suffering altogether?

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