RigMedic Posted February 3, 2009 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 31 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 163 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 8 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/06/2008 Status: Offline Share Posted February 3, 2009 Heres a question that just popped into my mind. Why did God send Jesus when he did? Since God knows everything, he must of known how wicked people were going to become. Why then did Jesus not come sooner? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tehilah Ba'Aretz Posted February 3, 2009 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 4 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 263 Content Per Day: 0.04 Reputation: 2 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/09/2007 Status: Offline Birthday: 12/02/1954 Share Posted February 3, 2009 Heres a question that just popped into my mind. Why did God send Jesus when he did? Since God knows everything, he must of known how wicked people were going to become. Why then did Jesus not come sooner? The question begs an additional question. Why did God send Jesus at all? To get at the answer, we should look at the progression of God's revelation to mankind. The first man, Adam, had a direct and personal revelation of God. He was able to walk and talk to God in the Garden. But, he fell and left that idyllic relationship. Later, God revealed Himself to many great men and we have a record of those revelations. One of the greatest was Moses. With Moses, God revealed many things about Himself. He taught us about the things He loves and things He hates. God gave instructions that reveal His passions. God also taught us that we must reach out to Him by grace through faith just as Moses reached out to Him. The people who received and recorded those revelations, the Jewish People, failed to fully comprehend and implement the things revealed. They interpreted them according to the world around them. They edited the meanings and built systems and formulas that corrupted God's intentions. So God sent prophets, judges and men of faith. Each time, God increased the level of revelation and at the same time demanded faith. Mankind just didn't get it. It was a willful rejection of God by some. In other cases, the revelation was encased in traditions and wrapped in racial boundaries. Israel was situated on the best piece of property on the planet for the spreading of information along all of the ancient super highways. Still, even when the Jewish people were conquered and dispersed among the nations, the world didn't turn to God. The timing of the first advent of Yeshua was perfect! The Romans had come and conquered and that made it inevitable that the message would go planetary. The Hellenists had already spread their poison to the known world and that made the revelation of Yeshua an automatic conflict as Yeshua is the eternal antidote for the death bearing culture of Greek thinking. Why did God send Jesus when he did? I say the answer is because God's timing is perfect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick-Parker Posted February 3, 2009 Group: Royal Member Followers: 8 Topic Count: 200 Topics Per Day: 0.23 Content Count: 4,271 Content Per Day: 4.90 Reputation: 1,855 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/17/2021 Status: Offline Birthday: 06/03/1955 Share Posted February 3, 2009 Perhaps because at that period in time, the Middle East and the Roman Empire were the center of the Earth. The population was small then, thus Christ and the Apostles were able to reach a larger proportion of the population. That led to a strong start within the Gentiles. Just a guess, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlindSeeker Posted February 3, 2009 Group: Royal Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 69 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 4,055 Content Per Day: 0.53 Reputation: 426 Days Won: 5 Joined: 03/22/2003 Status: Offline Share Posted February 3, 2009 Heres a question that just popped into my mind. Why did God send Jesus when he did? Since God knows everything, he must of known how wicked people were going to become. Why then did Jesus not come sooner? Line upon line, pre4cept upon precept. It was progressive revelation of God for humanity and the angelic host. Eph 3:9 And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ: 10 To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God, 11 According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord 1Pe 1:12 Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glorywatch Posted February 3, 2009 Group: Royal Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 88 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 692 Content Per Day: 0.12 Reputation: 2 Days Won: 0 Joined: 06/02/2008 Status: Offline Birthday: 03/02/1946 Share Posted February 3, 2009 But when the fullness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, to redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. (Galatians 4:4-5) That may not answer the "why" but for me it settles the question. GOD did it when HE deemed it was the right time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricH Posted February 3, 2009 Group: Royal Member Followers: 3 Topic Count: 366 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 10,933 Content Per Day: 1.57 Reputation: 212 Days Won: 1 Joined: 04/21/2005 Status: Offline Share Posted February 3, 2009 I am sure there are a lot of things that wnet into it, but I think the Roman empire had a lot to do with it. The pax Romana enable the Gospel to spread quickly as did the system of roads, common language etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RigMedic Posted February 4, 2009 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 31 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 163 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 8 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/06/2008 Status: Offline Author Share Posted February 4, 2009 Yeah, Gods timing is perfect. I guess Jesus came when he did because God knew, that was the best time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tehilah Ba'Aretz Posted February 4, 2009 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 4 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 263 Content Per Day: 0.04 Reputation: 2 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/09/2007 Status: Offline Birthday: 12/02/1954 Share Posted February 4, 2009 Yeah, Gods timing is perfect. I guess Jesus came when he did because God knew, that was the best time. Yup! Ain't God fantastic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Posted February 4, 2009 Group: Royal Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 115 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 8,281 Content Per Day: 1.12 Reputation: 249 Days Won: 3 Joined: 03/03/2004 Status: Offline Birthday: 10/30/1955 Share Posted February 4, 2009 Because it was '.....the fulness of time.......' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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