The naked young man was the Apostle Paul Mark 14:51-52 who had been persecuting Jesus Christ right from the beginning, right till He was crucified, died, and buried, but He rose again from the dead! This is reminiscent of his ancestors Judges chapters 19-21, and Jonathan's inordinate affection for David 1 Samuel 20:13-17, 40-31, but dealt with on the cross. Paul accepted to pay in his body, by nailing it to the cross, not giving in to what he lost or felt, till the end! He trusted that he was clothed in his own righteousness, although he was naked Mark 14:51 "having a linen cast about "his naked body"". He then left the linen cloth after finishing his mission to set a trap for Jesus, and "fled from them NAKED" still, verse 52. He had access to the chief priests which gave him the power to persecute the followers of Jesus Christ, whom he had persecuted till the death on the cross, and continued relentlessly Acts 7:58, he was the "young man" at whose feet they laid down their clothes to stone Stephen. Acts 8:1,3; 9:1-2. He was the "rich young lawyer" or "ruler", Luke 18:18-22; Mark 10:17-31, and finally the "naked young man!" To confirm the admonitions of Jesus for the Church of the Laodiceans Revelation 3:17; as he had been going about establishing his own righteousness Romans 10:3; Luke 18:18, which could ean him eternal life. He later understood that the righteousness of God in Christ is the true righteousness, thus he wrote in his epistles 2 Corinthians 5:3. This earned him a visit to the Revelation of Jesus Christ at the last days 2 Corinthians 12:1-4; , with both Apostle John and prophet Daniel. Revelation 10:2-11; Daniel 8:13-14. Revelation 3:17-18; 2 Corinthians 5:3; Acts 9; Revelation 3:21=Ephesians 2:6; 2 Corinthians 12:1-4.
God is omniscient. He knows everything. He prepared a body for His only Begotten Son, Jesus Christ, to come and feel in the flesh, all what man is going through, while He Himself remains sinless, meaning, He doesn't indulge in sin. Hebrews 4:15-16. So, He eventually was condemned as a sinner- study Mark 14:51, the story of the naked young man. 2 Corinthians 5:21. That was the reason Jesus's sweat were like drops of blood, when He got to the last sin He had to deal with that would condemn Him to shame, torture and consequently, a cursed death on the cross- simply because He was set up in the middle of the night, as He prayed, in the garden of Gethsemane, to be doing stuff the laws condemned with penalty of death, by stoning, but was cranked up to become death by crucifixion on the cross. Judas kissed him, not a peck in the cheek but a full blown kiss, in order to set him up, but he didn't know his act was just a distraction, the people that hired him, already prepared a worse scenario- using the young guy that fled into the night naked. Mark 14:51-52. Jesus Christ refused to tattle on him, nor did he ask them to go get him to speak for him, because He came for the very reason, to die for the undeserved, who, if and when they come to this realization, would immediately repent and accept the cleansing power of the blood that bought them. He even became their high Priest, who is touched by the feeling of their infirmity, understanding where they come from, but hoping they will come to Him and cast it all on Him, and take His Rest! He already made that call!!! Will you answer, will you imagine what they must have done to him, with such a charge, in that day and age? All just to make atonement for every sin conceivable, including what you're struggling with at this moment! Give it all to Him! Being mad at the preacher will not assuage your guilt and self- condemnation, and self torture and self hatred and self judgment. He already did it all- for YOU!!! Which of these religious leaders who abbet them ever promised to pray to God for them. How can the blind lead the blind? Anyone that has encountered God by the preaching of the gospel of salvation by grace through faith in the sacrificial death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ, and still remain unconcerned and unrepentant, has already forfeited his mercy, and grace that bought him from the devil, who has the power of sickness, afflictions, terror, oppression, death and the grave. No escaping him. Let the love of God for you, in Christ Jesus, constrain you to listen, receive, accept, confess, believe and abide in His love, justification from all your sins, past, present and future, And live the new life purchased by the shedding of His blood, and by imputting God's righteousness that declared you "faultless, blameless ", before the presence of God, with whom you have to give an account, whether you like it or not! No excuses on that day, for God will definitely be Just and Righteous when He metes out judgment, and all mouths will be quiet!
Apostle Paul, whose ancestors were separated from Israel by their actions in Judges chapters 19-21, which made the Benjamites restored by grace! God had to give king Saul a new heart, but he couldn't even abide till the end, and only the covenant between David and Jonathan that kept his descendants, from Mephibosheth, to Mordecai, Esther, and even up to the Apostle Paul. This same Zeal was in him for Israel, who didn't know what they had as God, but keep messing up! The Apostle Paul was proud of his heritage, and kept God's law so strictly, that he even got mad to death, at Jesus Christ, when he went to him for validation Luke 18:18-22. He began to persecute Him because He was touching what was the most important thing to him at that time- his relationship with God of Israel through the observance of His laws, and now came someone else with a strange doctrine. He persecuted Jesus to death- literally and continued with His followers, until his deferred calling in Luke 18:22 became effective in Acts 9. Since then, he never looked back. Although He was the Apostle to the gentiles, he frequently went back to Jerusalem, just so that the Jews could take advantage of the gospel of the salvation of their souls, by grace through faith in the sacrificial death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ Romans 9:3-5. That's how much love both Moses and Paul had for the Jews, who didn't realize the importance of who they were and whose they were-the Living, Lord God Almighty, who only has them for His people ( cf. Ephesians 2:12). They both have deferred calling! (Nadie sabe lo que tiene, hasta el dia que lo pierde, indeed!)
The agony of Jesus Christ came by because He suddenly was left by His Father, and only now has angels to minister to Him, because God cannot have anything to do with sin, and Jesus Christ was about to carry the sin of the whole world in His flesh- as a man, who hitherto was sinless. The scenario that was prepared for Him was to be unjustly accused by falling into the trap set up by the chief priest, scribes, and the elders, using the naked young man in Mark 14:51. That was why He implored His desciples to watch, but they dozed off instead, and the naked young man was able to get to him to entrap him, and He was supposedly caught in flagrante delicto Jesus Christ came and died for sins and sinners. Mark chapters 14-16; Isaiah 53 ( Research what is meant by " He was bruised...He was broken..., and you will understand the extent of what He went through for His alledged crime!) To actually understand who the runner in Mark 14, verse 51...is, one has to take the whole chapter into consideration. 1) Jesus had just gotten done with the last supper. He had just declared that one of His own would be betraying Him. What does the word "betray" mean? 2) He had just left in the middle of the night to go to the Mount of Olives, and went alone further with 3 of His desciples- to pray, and it is written that He began to be " sore amazed...and very heavy". What could trouble His soul to such an extent as to have to even ask His desciples to - a, sit here - close to Him, while He prays; b, letting them know the extent of and reason for the sorrow in his SOUL!, and to still " tarry and watch" c, what could have made Him plead with His Father to try and take away this cup - filled with wrath of God, especially for the impending trap that has been prepared for Him?, d, why was it important for Him that His desciples "watch and pray?"And what could be so bad to make His and their flesh weak? Verses 32-38? Why would there have to be present, tge priests, scribes, elders, and a great multitude? Verse 43? What must they witness that would be so outrageous and abominable, that would demand immediate arrest and subsequent insult, maltreatment of Jesus Christ, that even His desciples wouldn't want to be associated with him? And suddenly, there appeared a "certain naked young man, simply clad with a linen cloth, left and fled naked? What was his role in the setup of Jesus Christ, in a remote place, in the middle of the night? What did they want to show concerning Jesus Christ? Why would even their witnesses not agree? Wasn't it because they didn't understand the depth of their satanic mind? This man claimed to be the Son of God, and the descendant of King David, and was now found in a blatantly staged compromising situation? Verse 61: Why was it important for them to ask about His status as " the Christ, the Son of the Most BLESSED?""" Implying he was cursed? Funny, that was the only question He answered because it was the truth! The Truth they were not willing to accept, instead smeared His reputation for the who world to see, since Jerusalem was teeming with people from all over for the feast of passover! The most admirable and regal thing about this is that Jesus Christ kept quiet, even when they condemned Him to death according to Leviticus 20:13, with all the false witnesses to corroborate their false accusations of blasphemous conduct and speech, spitting on and making fun of Him verses 55-65! Wow! He actually preferred to be condemned to death, rather than say anything that would condemn even the man that fled naked from the scene! He would have made them look for him and arrest him for lewd conduct and immoral act. But, didn't Jesus Christ come to seek and save the lost - even those who are called immoral and who commit abomination? This just proved how Jesus Christ paid for the punishment of every one, especially those who the scriptures condemned as committing abomination, they were the most beneficial of His condemnation and subsequent punishment and eventual cursed death on the cross of Calvary. Anyone who still tramples on His shed blood, after seeing what He did for them, by continuing in their pernicious ways, would have no more plea for sin. They will be looking forward to a fiery judgment on that day, but God will be just and Righteous in judgment! He put the most needful for the last, He never overlooked anyone, no matter who they are or the nature of their sins, He paid for them all! Thus, the naked man clad with linen cloth in verses 51 and 52 was the bait, set up to implicate Jesus Christ and anyone associated with Him. I believe that Judas was blindsided with the appearance of this young man, and this made him regret ever colluding with these people, because that wasn't part of the agreement, and this got him to commit suicide!Let us remember that these people will do anything in order to get their way. They actually went to catch a woman committing adultery in the very act, John 8: 3-11 so that they can have something to trap Jesus. They have been looking for ways to get rid of Him, and this naked young guy was it! That would be the reason why Peter vehemently denying knowing Jesus Christ 3 times, and Jesus Christ was left alone to finish the work of salvation of the soul of man by paying the ultimate wages of sin: cursed death on the cross! He was buried, and He rose again from the dead on the 3rd day. So all who believe in Him should have justification from sin and would be imputed with the righteousness of God, by grace through faith in His sacrificial death, burial and resurrection, and will have everlasting life 1 Corinthians 15:51-58, when He presents them faultless before the presence of God the Father, with exceeding joy! Jude 24. Whosoever does not believe and abide till the end, Matthew 24:13, when He returns to take up all His purchased possession, 1Thesalonians 4:13-18, will be condemned to everlasting fire Isaiah 66:24. We all get to make informed decisions, so God will be righteous and just when He judges, and every mouth will be stopped on that day! Romans 3:19; Acts 17:31; Psalm 96:13; Isaiah 11:4; Psalm 51:4.7!I believe that Judas was blindsided with the appearance of this young man, and this made him regret ever colluding with these people, because that wasn't part of the agreement. Let us remember that these people will do anything in order to get their way. They actually went to catch a woman committing adultery in the very act, John 8: 3-11 so that they can have something to trap Jesus. They have been looking for ways to get rid of Him, and this naked young guy was it! This was the first sin committed in the garden of Eden, and dealt with by the shedding of the blood of the sinless Lamb of God; and this was the last sin dealt with in the garden of Gethsemane that was dealt with by the shedding of the blood of Jesus Christ- the Lamb of God, promised from the very beginning Genesis 22:8, for the atonement for and the propitiation of the sins that came out of the original sin. "It is finished," indeed! John 19:30! Despite all their accusations, Jesus Christ remained silent. He wouldn't justify Himself. He wouldn't excuse Himself. He wouldn't accuse the planted naked young man. He knew that He had to drink the cup! Even though He was without blame, without sin, without any faults! For this reason, He left His glory and put on the flesh of sin to condemn sin in His flesh, thereby satisfying God's need for justice and eventual judgment - cursed death on the cross. It was already decided by both God the Father and God the Son- who would be left alone when He would eventually submit His Spirit as well, to the Father- the Spirit that quickened the soul of man in the beginning Genesis 2:7, because sin must be paid for in the flesh! Mark 14:36; Luke 23:46, believing that He will receive it again, as decided Psalm 31:3-5. It is already written! It must be fulfilled! For God had made Him to be sin for us - who knew no sin, that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him. He died, was buried, but He rose again from the dead triumphantly, on the third day! With His glorious body of flesh and bones, just like the first Adam Genesis 2:23; Luke 24:39; as will all Believers - members of His body would become as He is 1John 3:2; Ephesians 5:30, when He returns to redeem His purchased possession! He ascended into heaven, He sprinkled the blood of His victory on the mercy Seat, and sat down at the right hand of God, the Father, waiting for all His enemies to become footstool for His feet!!! There is nothing to add. Nothing can be added to it! All attempts of man to look for other ways are simply futile! What a Great Savior! Who else can compare among all the gods! He is glorious in Holiness, Fearful in praises, doing wonders! Amen!
Peter drew his sword because Jesus Christ has fallen into the carefully laid snare to disparage His Holiness. But he eventually fled with the others because of the outcome of the allegations- they had caught Jesus Christ red handed with a naked young man who allegedly fled naked in the middle of the night and all alone with Jesus Christ! Jesus Christ had asked His Father, if there was another way to go to the cross, instead of this, but, He truly came to die for sinners, including those that defile themselves with mankind, changing the creation of God and manipulating the very essence of their being! That's who He died for! He included everyone, but they would rather remain ignorant, so as to continue in their pernicious ways. No one has any excuses, no matter who they are. So, search the scriptures. John 5:39. The bible is the textbook for the examination that will be administered soon, the answers are already made manifest, if anyone fails, he or she only has themselves to blame. God will be righteous when He Judges, and every mouth will be quiet! Romans 3:19; Acts 17:31; Psalm 19:36; 51:4b. No excuses!
Thank you brother for helping me understand more may God keep on blessing you and yours. Amen
Thank You. I have thought about this before.
The naked young man was the Apostle Paul Mark 14:51-52 who had been persecuting Jesus Christ right from the beginning, right till He was crucified, died, and buried, but He rose again from the dead!
This is reminiscent of his ancestors Judges chapters 19-21, and Jonathan's inordinate affection for David 1 Samuel 20:13-17, 40-31, but dealt with on the cross. Paul accepted to pay in his body, by nailing it to the cross, not giving in to what he lost or felt, till the end!
He trusted that he was clothed in his own righteousness, although he was naked Mark 14:51 "having a linen cast about "his naked body"". He then left the linen cloth after finishing his mission to set a trap for Jesus, and "fled from them NAKED" still, verse 52.
He had access to the chief priests which gave him the power to persecute the followers of Jesus Christ, whom he had persecuted till the death on the cross, and continued relentlessly Acts 7:58, he was the "young man" at whose feet they laid down their clothes to stone Stephen. Acts 8:1,3; 9:1-2.
He was the "rich young lawyer" or "ruler", Luke 18:18-22; Mark 10:17-31, and finally the "naked young man!"
To confirm the admonitions of Jesus for the Church of the Laodiceans Revelation 3:17; as he had been going about establishing his own righteousness Romans 10:3; Luke 18:18, which could ean him eternal life.
He later understood that the righteousness of God in Christ is the true righteousness, thus he wrote in his epistles 2 Corinthians 5:3. This earned him a visit to the Revelation of Jesus Christ at the last days 2 Corinthians 12:1-4; , with both Apostle John and prophet Daniel. Revelation 10:2-11; Daniel 8:13-14.
Revelation 3:17-18; 2 Corinthians 5:3; Acts 9;
Revelation 3:21=Ephesians 2:6; 2 Corinthians 12:1-4.
God is omniscient. He knows everything. He prepared a body for His only Begotten Son, Jesus Christ, to come and feel in the flesh, all what man is going through, while He Himself remains sinless, meaning, He doesn't indulge in sin. Hebrews 4:15-16. So, He eventually was condemned as a sinner- study Mark 14:51, the story of the naked young man. 2 Corinthians 5:21.
That was the reason Jesus's sweat were like drops of blood, when He got to the last sin He had to deal with that would condemn Him to shame, torture and consequently, a cursed death on the cross- simply because He was set up in the middle of the night, as He prayed, in the garden of Gethsemane, to be doing stuff the laws condemned with penalty of death, by stoning, but was cranked up to become death by crucifixion on the cross.
Judas kissed him, not a peck in the cheek but a full blown kiss, in order to set him up, but he didn't know his act was just a distraction, the people that hired him, already prepared a worse scenario- using the young guy that fled into the night naked. Mark 14:51-52.
Jesus Christ refused to tattle on him, nor did he ask them to go get him to speak for him, because He came for the very reason, to die for the undeserved, who, if and when they come to this realization, would immediately repent and accept the cleansing power of the blood that bought them. He even became their high Priest, who is touched by the feeling of their infirmity, understanding where they come from, but hoping they will come to Him and cast it all on Him, and take His Rest! He already made that call!!!
Will you answer, will you imagine what they must have done to him, with such a charge, in that day and age? All just to make atonement for every sin conceivable, including what you're struggling with at this moment! Give it all to Him!
Being mad at the preacher will not assuage your guilt and self- condemnation, and self torture and self hatred and self judgment. He already did it all- for YOU!!!
Which of these religious leaders who abbet them ever promised to pray to God for them. How can the blind lead the blind?
Anyone that has encountered God by the preaching of the gospel of salvation by grace through faith in the sacrificial death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ, and still remain unconcerned and unrepentant, has already forfeited his mercy, and grace that bought him from the devil, who has the power of sickness, afflictions, terror, oppression, death and the grave. No escaping him.
Let the love of God for you, in Christ Jesus, constrain you to listen, receive, accept, confess, believe and abide in His love, justification from all your sins, past, present and future, And live the new life purchased by the shedding of His blood, and by imputting God's righteousness that declared you "faultless, blameless ", before the presence of God, with whom you have to give an account, whether you like it or not! No excuses on that day, for God will definitely be Just and Righteous when He metes out judgment, and all mouths will be quiet!
Apostle Paul, whose ancestors were separated from Israel by their actions in Judges chapters 19-21, which made the Benjamites restored by grace! God had to give king Saul a new heart, but he couldn't even abide till the end, and only the covenant between David and Jonathan that kept his descendants, from Mephibosheth, to Mordecai, Esther, and even up to the Apostle Paul.
This same Zeal was in him for Israel, who didn't know what they had as God, but keep messing up!
The Apostle Paul was proud of his heritage, and kept God's law so strictly, that he even got mad to death, at Jesus Christ, when he went to him for validation Luke 18:18-22.
He began to persecute Him because He was touching what was the most important thing to him at that time- his relationship with God of Israel through the observance of His laws, and now came someone else with a strange doctrine. He persecuted Jesus to death- literally and continued with His followers, until his deferred calling in Luke 18:22 became effective in Acts 9. Since then, he never looked back. Although He was the Apostle to the gentiles, he frequently went back to Jerusalem, just so that the Jews could take advantage of the gospel of the salvation of their souls, by grace through faith in the sacrificial death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ Romans 9:3-5.
That's how much love both Moses and Paul had for the Jews, who didn't realize the importance of who they were and whose they were-the Living, Lord God Almighty, who only has them for His people ( cf. Ephesians 2:12).
They both have deferred calling!
(Nadie sabe lo que tiene, hasta el dia que lo pierde, indeed!)
The agony of Jesus Christ came by because He suddenly was left by His Father, and only now has angels to minister to Him, because God cannot have anything to do with sin, and Jesus Christ was about to carry the sin of the whole world in His flesh- as a man, who hitherto was sinless.
The scenario that was prepared for Him was to be unjustly accused by falling into the trap set up by the chief priest, scribes, and the elders, using the naked young man in Mark 14:51.
That was why He implored His desciples to watch, but they dozed off instead, and the naked young man was able to get to him to entrap him, and He was supposedly caught in flagrante delicto
Jesus Christ came and died for sins and sinners. Mark chapters 14-16; Isaiah 53 ( Research what is meant by " He was bruised...He was broken..., and you will understand the extent of what He went through for His alledged crime!)
To actually understand who the runner in Mark 14, verse 51...is, one has to take the whole chapter into consideration.
1) Jesus had just gotten done with the last supper. He had just declared that one of His own would be betraying Him.
What does the word "betray" mean?
2) He had just left in the middle of the night to go to the Mount of Olives, and went alone further with 3 of His desciples- to pray, and it is written that He began to be " sore amazed...and very heavy".
What could trouble His soul to such an extent as to have to even ask His desciples to - a, sit here - close to Him, while He prays;
b, letting them know the extent of and reason for the sorrow in his SOUL!, and to still " tarry and watch"
c, what could have made Him plead with His Father to try and take away this cup - filled with wrath of God, especially for the impending trap that has been prepared for Him?,
d, why was it important for Him that His desciples "watch and pray?"And what could be so bad to make His and their flesh weak? Verses 32-38?
Why would there have to be present, tge priests, scribes, elders, and a great multitude? Verse 43?
What must they witness that would be so outrageous and abominable, that would demand immediate arrest and subsequent insult, maltreatment of Jesus Christ, that even His desciples wouldn't want to be associated with him?
And suddenly, there appeared a "certain naked young man, simply clad with a linen cloth, left and fled naked?
What was his role in the setup of Jesus Christ, in a remote place, in the middle of the night?
What did they want to show concerning Jesus Christ?
Why would even their witnesses not agree? Wasn't it because they didn't understand the depth of their satanic mind?
This man claimed to be the Son of God, and the descendant of King David, and was now found in a blatantly staged compromising situation?
Verse 61: Why was it important for them to ask about His status as " the Christ, the Son of the Most BLESSED?""" Implying he was cursed?
Funny, that was the only question He answered because it was the truth! The Truth they were not willing to accept, instead smeared His reputation for the who world to see, since Jerusalem was teeming with people from all over for the feast of passover!
The most admirable and regal thing about this is that Jesus Christ kept quiet, even when they condemned Him to death according to Leviticus 20:13, with all the false witnesses to corroborate their false accusations of blasphemous conduct and speech, spitting on and making fun of Him verses 55-65!
Wow! He actually preferred to be condemned to death, rather than say anything that would condemn even the man that fled naked from the scene! He would have made them look for him and arrest him for lewd conduct and immoral act.
But, didn't Jesus Christ come to seek and save the lost - even those who are called immoral and who commit abomination? This just proved how Jesus Christ paid for the punishment of every one, especially those who the scriptures condemned as committing abomination, they were the most beneficial of His condemnation and subsequent punishment and eventual cursed death on the cross of Calvary. Anyone who still tramples on His shed blood, after seeing what He did for them, by continuing in their pernicious ways, would have no more plea for sin.
They will be looking forward to a fiery judgment on that day, but God will be just and Righteous in judgment!
He put the most needful for the last, He never overlooked anyone, no matter who they are or the nature of their sins, He paid for them all!
Thus, the naked man clad with linen cloth in verses 51 and 52 was the bait, set up to implicate Jesus Christ and anyone associated with Him. I believe that Judas was blindsided with the appearance of this young man, and this made him regret ever colluding with these people, because that wasn't part of the agreement, and this got him to commit suicide!Let us remember that these people will do anything in order to get their way. They actually went to catch a woman committing adultery in the very act, John 8: 3-11 so that they can have something to trap Jesus. They have been looking for ways to get rid of Him, and this naked young guy was it! That would be the reason why Peter vehemently denying knowing Jesus Christ 3 times, and Jesus Christ was left alone to finish the work of salvation of the soul of man by paying the ultimate wages of sin: cursed death on the cross! He was buried, and He rose again from the dead on the 3rd day. So all who believe in Him should have justification from sin and would be imputed with the righteousness of God, by grace through faith in His sacrificial death, burial and resurrection, and will have everlasting life 1 Corinthians 15:51-58, when He presents them faultless before the presence of God the Father, with exceeding joy! Jude 24.
Whosoever does not believe and abide till the end, Matthew 24:13, when He returns to take up all His purchased possession, 1Thesalonians 4:13-18, will be condemned to everlasting fire Isaiah 66:24.
We all get to make informed decisions, so God will be righteous and just when He judges, and every mouth will be stopped on that day! Romans 3:19;
Acts 17:31; Psalm 96:13; Isaiah 11:4; Psalm 51:4.7!I believe that Judas was blindsided with the appearance of this young man, and this made him regret ever colluding with these people, because that wasn't part of the agreement. Let us remember that these people will do anything in order to get their way. They actually went to catch a woman committing adultery in the very act, John 8: 3-11 so that they can have something to trap Jesus. They have been looking for ways to get rid of Him, and this naked young guy was it! This was the first sin committed in the garden of Eden, and dealt with by the shedding of the blood of the sinless Lamb of God; and this was the last sin dealt with in the garden of Gethsemane that was dealt with by the shedding of the blood of Jesus Christ- the Lamb of God, promised from the very beginning Genesis 22:8, for the atonement for and the propitiation of the sins that came out of the original sin. "It is finished," indeed! John 19:30!
Despite all their accusations, Jesus Christ remained silent. He wouldn't justify Himself. He wouldn't excuse Himself. He wouldn't accuse the planted naked young man. He knew that He had to drink the cup! Even though He was without blame, without sin, without any faults!
For this reason, He left His glory and put on the flesh of sin to condemn sin in His flesh, thereby satisfying God's need for justice and eventual judgment - cursed death on the cross. It was already decided by both God the Father and God the Son- who would be left alone when He would eventually submit His Spirit as well, to the Father- the Spirit that quickened the soul of man in the beginning Genesis 2:7, because sin must be paid for in the flesh! Mark 14:36; Luke 23:46, believing that He will receive it again, as decided Psalm 31:3-5. It is already written! It must be fulfilled! For God had made Him to be sin for us - who knew no sin, that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him.
He died, was buried, but He rose again from the dead triumphantly, on the third day! With His glorious body of flesh and bones, just like the first Adam Genesis 2:23; Luke 24:39; as will all Believers - members of His body would become as He is 1John 3:2; Ephesians 5:30, when He returns to redeem His purchased possession!
He ascended into heaven, He sprinkled the blood of His victory on the mercy Seat, and sat down at the right hand of God, the Father, waiting for all His enemies to become footstool for His feet!!!
There is nothing to add. Nothing can be added to it!
All attempts of man to look for other ways are simply futile!
What a Great Savior!
Who else can compare among all the gods! He is glorious in Holiness, Fearful in praises, doing wonders! Amen!
Peter drew his sword because Jesus Christ has fallen into the carefully laid snare to disparage His Holiness. But he eventually fled with the others because of the outcome of the allegations- they had caught Jesus Christ red handed with a naked young man who allegedly fled naked in the middle of the night and all alone with Jesus Christ! Jesus Christ had asked His Father, if there was another way to go to the cross, instead of this, but, He truly came to die for sinners, including those that defile themselves with mankind, changing the creation of God and manipulating the very essence of their being! That's who He died for!
He included everyone, but they would rather remain ignorant, so as to continue in their pernicious ways.
No one has any excuses, no matter who they are.
So, search the scriptures. John 5:39.
The bible is the textbook for the examination that will be administered soon, the answers are already made manifest, if anyone fails, he or she only has themselves to blame. God will be righteous when He Judges, and every mouth will be quiet! Romans 3:19; Acts 17:31; Psalm 19:36; 51:4b. No excuses!