Did Christ come to just go to the Cross?

[Vine Abider]

18 hours ago, Look2hiscrosS said:

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Mar 9:31  For he taught his disciples, and said unto them,

The Son of man is delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and after that he is killed, he shall rise the third day.

Clear verse, showing His intention was not to just go TO the cross, but to go THROUGH it.  Without the resurrection, the Church would not have the Spirit of Christ living in it, changing our identity and nature forever!

[Orion]

Yeshua came to fulfill His promise in Genesis 3:15, to crush the head of the serpent. He fulfilled His Gen. 3:15 promise by going to the Cross. 

But first, Yeshua had to leave His rightful place in heaven; He had to enter into His creation by taking on flesh in the womb of a virgin, being truly God and truly man; He had to grow through infancy into adulthood; He had to be tempted in all ways as all men are tempted; He had to minister to the lost, proclaim the gospel, perform miracles and healings, be the true Light to the nations, be the bread of life, be living water; He had to impute the sins of the world to Himself, and did so on the Cross;  He had to take away the sins of the world at His death, and did so on the Cross; He had to destroy the power of sin and death and become our living hope, which He did at His resurrection; He had to be our eternal advocate, which He did at His ascension; He had to be our blessed hope, which He is; and He has to be our gracious and merciful Savior, and our reigning King forever and ever, which He is. 

Not only did Yeshua come to die a horrific death on the Cross, he came to be buried, to be resurrected, to ascend back to His rightful place in heaven, and to come again in glory to rule and reign over His creation with all of His faithful.  Praise the Lord 🙌 

Peace 

[Vine Abider]

2 minutes ago, Orion said:

Yeshua came to fulfill His promise in Genesis 3:15, to crush the head of the serpent. He fulfilled His Gen. 3:15 promise by going to the Cross. 

But first, Yeshua had to leave His rightful place in heaven; He had to enter into His creation by taking on flesh in the womb of a virgin, being truly God and truly man; He had to grow through infancy into adulthood; He had to be tempted in all ways as all men are tempted; He had to minister to the lost, proclaim the gospel, perform miracles and healings, be the true Light to the nations, be the bread of life, be living water; He had to impute the sins of the world to Himself, and did so on the Cross;  He had to take away the sins of the world at His death, and did so on the Cross; He had to destroy the power of sin and death and become our living hope, which He did at His resurrection; He had to be our eternal advocate, which He did at His ascension; He had to be our blessed hope, which He is; and He has to be our gracious and merciful Savior, and our reigning King forever and ever, which He is. 

Not only did Yeshua come to die a horrific death on the Cross, he came to be buried, to be resurrected, to ascend back to His rightful place in heaven, and to come again in glory to rule and reign over His creation with all of His faithful.  Praise the Lord 🙌 

Peace 

Amen. And what was produced through the cross? (hint: ekklseia)

[Orion]

24 minutes ago, Vine Abider said:

Amen. And what was produced through the cross? (hint: ekklseia)

Yes indeed. And it is important to note that the ekklesia is not a New Testament concept, but was what God had in mind from the very beginning when He commanded Adam and Eve to "be fruitful and multiply."  (Genesis 1:28).  Imaginr if there was never a fall, and sin never entered into man, all the fruit of Adam and Eve would be God's ekklesia. 

However, after the fall, the ekklesia were not all that were born from Adam and Eve. Only those of faith that called upon the name of the Lord (Gen. 4:26) would be saved, for anyone who calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved (Romans 10:13).

[Vine Abider]

15 hours ago, Orion said:

Yes indeed. And it is important to note that the ekklesia is not a New Testament concept, but was what God had in mind from the very beginning when He commanded Adam and Eve to "be fruitful and multiply."  (Genesis 1:28).  Imaginr if there was never a fall, and sin never entered into man, all the fruit of Adam and Eve would be God's ekklesia. 

However, after the fall, the ekklesia were not all that were born from Adam and Eve. Only those of faith that called upon the name of the Lord (Gen. 4:26) would be saved, for anyone who calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved (Romans 10:13).

I'm glad you pointed that out! Yes, Jesus came to restore us to God's original intention - and now we have been called into the wonderfully glorious, loving fellowship of the Father and His Son... Hallelujah we are in Christ!