I particularly enjoyed the section of the Authority and Power article in DJG that discussed the fact that Jesus seemed to be in a sense powerless against the authorities that performed his execution. The article points out many ideas that should be considered for a proper understanding of this topic, such as the fact that Jesus "identifies himself with the poor and afflicted" by allowing himself to be executed by the seemingly powerful Roman authorities. DJG says that the "divine authority" of Christ is not only the freedom to stop his execution if he wished, but the ability to be used to carry out the will of God, and references Gethsemane. WOW! That is amazing to me. We have always heard from our days in Children's Church or Sunday School that Jesus could have chosen to "call down ten legions of angels" to stop his execution. I suppose that is true, but DJG has really put this in perspective. Christ's freedom not to stop his execution and save himself speaks louder than his ability to stop it.
Huh, just when you think you know everything there is to know about a topic, God goes and shows you that you don't know as much as you thought you did.
-Steven
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