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1 | Pragmatism is of the World | Job 21:15 | following him | 129740 | ||
Hello Karen; I would like to say something about this "King"/"king" issue. Jesus was placed before Pilot on trial in which the Jews wanted Jesus to receive the death penalty. Their case however was going very badly because Pilot could find no reason for His trial let alone His execution. Remember the reason Jesus came in the first place was to die on the cross for the sins of man. And at this point Pilot was trying to keep Him from that cross. And the Jews could give no reason for Jesus to be put to death. So Jesus provides Pilot with a reason. He does not claim to be THE King. He claims to be a king. The king of the Jews (an earthly king) and as such set Himself up to be a threat to Rome. Even with this Pilot tried to get Him off until the Jews threatened him by saying that if Pilot let Him go Pilot was no friend of cesear. Pilot realy had no choice but to condemn Jesus if Jesus was realy a king. Jesus it seems had to force Pilot to send Him to the cross to die for the sins of man. Just something to think about. Blessing to you Aaron |
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2 | Pragmatism is of the World | Job 21:15 | Hiskid84 | 129751 | ||
Aaron, Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts. :) They did help bring some things into perspective for me. I was wondering if you could answer a question for me (since it appears that I cannot post without asking at least one). Knowing that God cannot lie, Jesus must have been (or still is?) truly the king of the Jews (according to your statements above). You wrote that He did not claim to be "THE King" but "a king" the "king of the Jews (an earthly king)". Could you define His (earthly) kingship over the Jews if you have time? Thank you so much for your help! In Him, Karen |
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3 | Pragmatism is of the World | Job 21:15 | following him | 130008 | ||
Hello Karen; Forgive me for taking so long in getting back to you about the king issue concerning Jesus. You are very correct in that God cannot lie. Jesus was in fact the king of the Jews. The Jews were waiting for their Messiah to come for a long time thinking that at His coming He would rule from the throne of David as their king defeating their evil oppressors. This was all according to interpretation of OT prophesies. However, the prophecies referring to the messiah reigning as their king were not referring to His first coming but His second. His first coming was to redeem man from sin by His death on the cross. This is why the Jews missed it. They were looking for Him to do something that was not going to happen at that time. Was He still the king of the Jews? Yes. In Matt 1, the genealogy shows His ancestry as going back directly to David. He was David’s heir and as such had a right to sit on David’s throne and rule Israel. He was in fact the real king of the Jews but it was not His purpose to Rule at that time. You can see throughout the gospels He deliberately avoids being set up as king. And the only time He admits to being the king of the Jews is during His trials; once before the high priest who used His testimony as being the Messiah for a charge of blasphemy against Him when the testimony of the false witnesses were falling apart, and second before Pilot who would be obligated by Rome to eliminate the threat of a king that could possible cause the Jewish people to revolt against Roman authority. I hope I answered your question if not let me know. Blessing to you Aaron |
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