re did he really rise in article geneva rutgers edu parkin eng sun com michael parkin writes another issue of importance was the crucification the will of god or a tragic mistake i believe it was a tragic mistake god s will can never be accomplished through the disbelief of man i finished reading a very good book the will of god weatherhead this was very helpful to me in applying thought to the subject of the will of god weatherhead broke the will of god into three distinct parts intentional will circumstancial will and ultimate will he weatherhead also refuted the last statement above by michael parkin above quite nicely summarizing despite the failures of humankind god s ultimate will is never to be defeated god s intentions may be interfered with even temporarily defeated by the will of humankind brought down by circumstance his ultimate will the reconcilication of all humankind will never be stopped time after time weatherhead used the cross as the best description of this process at work his points paraphrased were god s intentional will was for jesus the christ to live out a full life and perform the work of the living god the failures sins and deviousness of humankind frustrated god s intent for his son despite the circumstance god s ultimate will was revealed in the cross as jesus willingly not my will lord but yours died for the redemption of all humankind the cross was utterly triumphant overcoming even the most cruel of circumstances this world to build the kingdom of heaven on the earth he desperately wanted the jewish people to accept him as the messiah if the crucification was the will of god how could jesus pray that this cup pass from him was this out of weakness never many men and women have given their lives for their country or other noble causes is jesus less than these no he is not he knew the crucification was not the will of god it was not the intentional will of god it was the circumstancial will thus enabling the victory of the ultimate will god s will was that the jewish people accept jesus as the messiah and that the kingdom of heaven be established on the earth with jesus as it s head right intentional will just like the jewish people expected if this had happened years ago can you imagine what kind of world we would live in today it would be a very different world and that is eactly what god wanted men and women of that age could have been saved by following the living messiah while he was on the earth jesus could have established a sinless lineage that would have continued his reign after his ascension to the spiritual world to live with god now the kingdom of heaven on the earth will have to wait for christ s return but when he returns will he be recognized and will he find faith on this earth isn t it about time for his return it s been almost years we know neither the time nor the place he will return as a thief in the night peace rob legal mumbo jumbo follows this mail post only reflects the opinions of the poster author and in no manner reflects any corporate policy statement opinion or other expression by network systems corporation
