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The Persians asked the same questions about Christianity. 31. And there are some even who say that the Messiah is the sacred being himself. 32. Now this is very strange, when the mighty sacred being, the maintainer and cherisher of the two existences, became of human nature, and went into the womb of a woman who was a Jew. 33. To leave the lordly throne, the sky and earth, the celestial sphere and other similar objects of his management and protection, he fell (aupast), for concealment, into a polluted and straitened place, (34) and, finally, delivered his own body to scourging, execution on the tree (dar-kardih), and the hands of enemies, (35) while, apart from death, much brutality and lawlessness were arranged by them. 40. Again, as to that which they say, that death and execution on the tree were accepted by him, as a yoke, for the sake of demonstrating the resurrection to mankind, (41) that implies -- if it were not possible for him to demonstrate the resurrection to mankind, except through that disgrace and death and brutal treatment of himself -- that that omnipotence of his is not effectual. 42. Or, when no opponent and adversary whatever of his arose, why are they not made without doubt of that sort of clear knowledge which is imparted by seeing the resurrection, so that there would not have been a necessity for this mode of demonstrating it brutally, disgracefully, distressingly, and through the will of his enemies. 43. If that death were accepted by him, as a yoke of a new description, through his own will, (44) that implies that now his outcry of woe and curses for the executioners, and his considering those Jews as it were wrathfully are unreasonable. 45. He ought, indeed, not to cause curses and imprecations of woe upon them, but it is fitting for them to be worthy of recompense through that deed. The Shkand-gumanig Vizar (Doubt-dispelling exposition) 14:31-35;40-45. This came from a Persian apologetic writing where the Zoroastrians questioned different religions in the Persian empire. They did not understand the Christian faith just like Muslims. What this scribe is saying here is almost exact to what Muslims say, and this is because all of you are misguided and lack spiritual understanding. God can do all things, and He is incapable of nothing. God knows what is best for us and He had a fantastic plan for mankind. The Persians, like Muslims, have this humanistic view of God. They viewed God as this powerful being who sat on his throne and did all of his amazing works in this "Be, and it is" sort of way. You just can't picture a God that would come to earth as a humble human and suffer for our sins. This idea just baffled the Persians, and it baffles you. Why should you expect God to act according to a humanistic perspective of God? God is not someone who's actions are predictable. God is not someone who is going to reckon His Will with human logic, as faulty and limited as it is. God did what He did because He loved us. John 3:16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. LOVE is the answer!!! God definitely does have a Son, this is supported in scriptures! http://www.jesus-christ-forums.com/home/viewtopic.php?t=3541 http://www.jesus-christ-forums.com/home/viewtopic.php?t=3455 |
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