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Jesus Christ: Crucifixion or Execution? 27
of the people and the nation of Israel, since they “did not know the time of
their [the Messiah’s] visitation.…” (Luke 19:42–44) Jesus chastised the scribes
and Pharisees (the religious leaders of his day), saying, “You search your scriptures
because you think that in them you will find eternal life and it is they that
bear witness to me; yet you refuse to come to me that you may have life!” (John
5:39)
In truth, during his short life on earth, Jesus lived in rejection and humiliation.
There were many events and circumstances that caused him grief and
agony. Sadly, his society misunderstood him, viewing him as a strange young
man, and even his own family did not “know him.” He was not even given the
respect due to any common man. How many people have ever wondered why?
What was God’s purpose in sending the Messiah? Was it just so Jesus could
die on the cross and shed his blood for humankind? Absolutely not! God
intended that the Messiah be a living sacrifice. In other words, God needed
Jesus to live out his life on earth and fulfill the mission—not die at the hands
of his adversaries. Persecution and hardships were probably unavoidable, but
God’s will was for him to build the Kingdom of God on Earth. He could not
have accomplished that unless he had been allowed to live, eventually taking a
bride and establishing a pure and holy lineage of God on earth.
Since Adam and Eve fell, the human family has inherited original sin and
our world is therefore not God’s ideal. This world is essentially sick—evil and
sin have covered its face—yet this could not have been God’s original plan.
God’s purpose in creating this world could have only been to establish something
that would reflect His ideal of goodness. Therefore, God’s plan of salvation
can be nothing other than to restore human beings with original sin back to a
state of goodness and perfection. Also, since God’s plan was to multiply His
goodness through the formation of human families, His plan of salvation is
also to restore fallen and broken families back to families of true love.
Finally, God originally blessed Adam and Eve with dominion over all
things; accordingly, God’s plan of salvation must include the restoration of all
created things to the righteous dominion of pure and God-centered human
beings. This then is the restoration of this fallen world of satanic dominion of
evil back to the ideal world of the Kingdom of God on Earth. God’s will is to
have a world where human beings have a dominion of love over the environment,
and where God’s sovereignty of love and goodness reigns.
In order to resolve the question “What is the purpose of God sending the
Messiah?” we can also ask, “What was Jesus’ will and purpose?” It was exactly