re did he really rise in article apr geneva rutgers edu parkin eng sun com writes 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 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 just like the jewish people expected if this had happened years ago can you imagine what why do you assume that jesus s plea to his father to let this cup pass from him was merely a plea to escape death when i look at jesus in the garden i see a man god who all his life had had the presense of his father with him as a result he knew every detail about his death long before the agony in the garden but as that hour approached he felt abandoned by his father his presense diminishing with each passing minute in addition it was brought more and more to jesus s attention the betrayal of judas was probably a big impact that his suffering would be to no avail for many people especially those who would reject him not only then but in the future i truly believe that the majority of jesus s suffering was mental and spiritual while the physical portion was only the tip of the iceburg btw we know from john s account that jesus shunned becomming an earthly king from john joh after the people saw the miraculous sign that jesus did they began to say surely this is the prophet who is to come into the world joh jesus knowing that they intended to come and make him king by force withdrew again to a mountain by himself this does not seem like a man who would regret not becoming an earthly king no jesus knew his mission was to redeem all jew gentile people and establish his kingdom in the hearts of those who would believe this was utterly mistaken much to jesus s dismay as an aspiration to some earthly kingdom but he knew what his father s will was and followed it obediently even in the darkness of his passion john g ata technical consultant internet ata hfsi com hfs inc va uucp uunet hfsi ata westpark drive ms voice mclean va fax
