The cross a 'nevertheless '? why was it necessary if you were already saved ? Was Jesus just an errand boy for the frozen chosen ? To awaken them at the right time with hindu enlightenment?
Jesus is the only preexisting elect before the foundation of the world. Not calvnists . The bible is about Jesus not you and your elect.
Its the elect of God. Not the elect of the elect. Born of God not of men.
The cross is one part of the three days and nights in a place of sufferings. Heart of the earth or belly of the whale. accompanied with the suffering, the will to cry out for strength to finish the work.
The cross demonstration had a different purpose. The first part of the demonstration between the father and Son of man Jesus in the garden was promised (Isaiah 53)
I would offer the cross was one of the three demonstrations of the lamb of God who was( past tense) slain from the foundation and not the standpoint of promised demonstration of the unseen work of faith, pointing back to the foundation.
Again three different kinds of demonstrations all having a purpose to the end of one work of two working in perfect harmony and mutual submission to one another. .
1) The garden demonstration the witness of God . The propmised demonstration spoken of in of Isaiah 53 . The father and the son alone working. The Son sufferings unto death, drinking the cup of wrath (death) as the father struck him with his rod and then strengthened the Son to finish the work of the two. A work of God. the peace of God two working as one. Not the work of the hands of men as if we did wrestle against flesh and blood.
I would offer below in order to fulfill the prophecy of the two working as one The lord put the witness of mankind asleep. Three time Jesus desired their work of prayer to strength the sufferings he was bearing .Three times the father denied him and put the disciples back to sleep .
Mathew 26:36-46
Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder. And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy.Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me. And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour? Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is wea He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done.And he came and found them asleep again: for their eyes were heavy. And he left them, and went away again, and prayed the third time, saying the same words. Then cometh he to his disciples, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. Rise, let us be going: behold, he is at hand that doth betray me.
The third time he woke them up in order to move to the second part of the three day demonstration . (2) the witness of men the view of natural man the gospel
Emphasizing the promise in Isaiah 53 . God is not served by human hands . He moves in us moving us with him.
We do not accredit any of the work of salvation to the corrupted dead hands of mankind. He gives the breath of life.
2)The Cross demonstration.... the witness of men crucifying after a Satan inspired mob. Satan having no part of the sufferings between the father and the Son .Jesus of his own volition offered up his spirit . No creature took his spiritual life from Jesus. Again when he said; "it is finished" he then offered it up to the father who gave it.
3)The demonstration of faith. . . . the demonstration sealed from the eyes of man. The unseen witness of the Father and Son finishing the last part of the demonstration. . . "the rest" from their labor of love. Awaking to the new creation the day he said let there be children of light. Sunday the new era of ceremonial sabbaths as shadow of the eternal not seen .
A day we can share our daily bread, the true fast. ,
