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On 11 Jan 2018 14:18:45 GMT, fool for Christ wrote:
"He, the Life of all, our Lord and Saviour, did not arrange the manner of
his own death lest He should seem to be afraid of some other kind. No. He >accepted and bore upon the cross a death inflicted by others, and those
other His special enemies, a death which to them was supremely terrible and >by no means to be faced; and He did this in order that, by destroying even >this death, He might Himself be believed to be the Life, and the power of >death be recognised as finally annulled. A marvellous and mighty paradox
has thus occurred, for the death which they thought to inflict on Him as >dishonour and disgrace has become the glorious monument to death's defeat."
St. Athanasius, On the Incarnation of the Word.
Where is the wisdom in this mans understanding, the method of death
was foretold in the book of Psalms and Isaiah.
Had he died any other way would have thwarted everything, healing,
physical healing has always been dependent on his stripes that he
bore. Yes, to hang on a tree was a shame. Christ bore all our sins and
shames so we could be free of it all if we dwelt in him and lived in
the spirit and walked in his light.
--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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