The fulfilment of the prophesies in the old testament with regards to Jesus death and resurrection should be read with care.
In the gospels, we find that everything that happened in Jesus life particularly in his passion, death and resurrection are mostly fulfilment of what have been written in the old testament.
If that's the case, then our redemption is just like a stage show where each one is merely doing his role. That is Judas is simply acting his role and so with the rest of the cast. In other words, nobody is guilty for putting Jesus to death.
While it is true that Jesus is the expected saviour, the prophesied Messiah, but it doesn't mean that everything that took place in his life has been already written in the past.
That is why it is very important to know the context in which the gospels have been written. The gospels are just like apologies, it is proving that Jesus is the long awaited Messiah by the Jews, and in order to prove to the early Christians that he is indeed such, then they have to go back to the scriptures and tried their best to pick anything that has been written which then would corroborate their claim, for during that time, that is the most effective way in doing so. They did it good faith, with good intention and using a literary form that would be most effective with regards to their purpose.
Freedom is one fundamental truth that Christian believe in. Judas, the high priests, Pilate, they all acted on their own free-will. Had they decided no to kill Jesus, still salvation would be realised for God, nothing is impossible.
In the gospels, we find that everything that happened in Jesus life particularly in his passion, death and resurrection are mostly fulfilment of what have been written in the old testament.
If that's the case, then our redemption is just like a stage show where each one is merely doing his role. That is Judas is simply acting his role and so with the rest of the cast. In other words, nobody is guilty for putting Jesus to death.
While it is true that Jesus is the expected saviour, the prophesied Messiah, but it doesn't mean that everything that took place in his life has been already written in the past.
That is why it is very important to know the context in which the gospels have been written. The gospels are just like apologies, it is proving that Jesus is the long awaited Messiah by the Jews, and in order to prove to the early Christians that he is indeed such, then they have to go back to the scriptures and tried their best to pick anything that has been written which then would corroborate their claim, for during that time, that is the most effective way in doing so. They did it good faith, with good intention and using a literary form that would be most effective with regards to their purpose.
Freedom is one fundamental truth that Christian believe in. Judas, the high priests, Pilate, they all acted on their own free-will. Had they decided no to kill Jesus, still salvation would be realised for God, nothing is impossible.
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