Death on The Cross? — Page 11
take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will but what Thou wilt. " (Mark 14:36). From the quotations given above, it is clear that Jesus was terribly afraid of being put to the cross, so he fervently prayed that the bitter cup be taken away from him. Jesus passionately and fervently prayed to God that he might be saved the accursed death on the Cross. How could he then, say that he overcame the world? If he had died on the. Cross, the mission of his whole life would have come to naught and wrongdoers could challenge his claim to prophethood. The thought of death on the cross was unacceptable to him. Being a righteous prophet, he was not afraid of mere death. He was certainly afraid of dying on the cross, as such a death could be interpreted to mean an accursed death, which was the very negation of his prophetic mission. "In the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death and was heard in that he feared. " (Hebrews 5:7). . Hence, we must presume that his earnest prayer was, no doubt heard and he miraculously escaped death by crucifixion and lived long enough to preach his mission to the lost sheep of the Israelites in the. East: "And he said unto them, I must preach The Kingdom of God to other cities also; for therefore am I sent” (. Luke 4:43). Dear People!. These arguments prove that the idea of the death of Christ by crucifixion cannot be justified even from the Biblical point of view. . Therefore, it is evident that the present Christian faith based on this erroneous idea, cannot hold ground. 11. ESUS