The Son made a divine appointment
The Son made a divine appointment ברא שית
This phrase, made by splitting 'in the beginning in half' is identical to 'created six'. The word 'six' שית also means appointment. Character by character the letters say "God's word did not return void", "What he intended to do" "He finished"
The appointed time of Christ was the cross. It is the fullfillment and completion of God's Word. Jesus declared "It is finished!" from the cross. [1]
The cross was not plan B. In the beginning it was planned. It was part of God's original plan. So critical was the timing of his death that he told his mother it was not yet time when she asked him to fix the wedding [2]. He also avoided an entry to the feast because it would provoke the crowds too early. [3] Because of the impending Passover, the Roman soldiers hurried the deaths of the other two by breaking their legs, and were astonished that Jesus was already dead. He had given up his own life right on time. [4] He had prophesied that had his death been late, no flesh would be saved. [5]
References
- ↑ Joh 19:30 When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.
- ↑ Joh 7:6 Then Jesus said unto them, My time is not yet come: but your time is alway ready.
- ↑ Joh 7:8 Go ye up unto this feast: I go not up yet unto this feast; for my time is not yet full come.
- ↑ Joh 19:33 But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs:
- ↑ Mt 24:22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened.
