Phat writes:
Why should He step up?
Have you lost the plot completely?
I said in
Message 3183, "He didn't 'give' His life. It was taken..."
Dredge replied in
Message 3190, in a quote from John 10: 17-18, ""For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again. No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord."
And I correctly pointed out in
Message 3192 that He DIDN'T lay down His own life. When the authorities came for Him, He DIDN'T step up. He waited for Judas to betray Him.
So what the f**k are you talking about? Why SHOULD He step up? If He was voluntarily laying down His life, He WOULD have stepped up. He DIDN't step up, so He DIDN'T lay down His life voluntarily, which is what I've been saying all along.
Phat writes:
That would be admitting that His critics were right.
And they were. Did He not claim to be King of the Jews? Did He not claim to be the Son of God?
Come all of you cowboys all over this land,
I'll teach you the law of the Ranger's Command:
To hold a six shooter, and never to run
As long as there's bullets in both of your guns.
-- Woody Guthrie