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Post by Josh on Aug 7, 2012 9:49:31 GMT -8
I'm reading NT Wright's "How God Became King" right now, and based on some of his comments, a new answer to this common question came to mind: Jesus' embodiment of all the promises surrounding the Messiah was so radically different that what most were expecting that to state right off the bat that he was the Messiah would be to mislead people or to block their minds from receiving the true fulfillment of Israel's hopes and dreams. Jesus had to live out his Messiahship before he could announce it and expect people to understand what God had always intended for the redemption of Israel and the world.
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Post by stevekimes on Aug 9, 2012 7:19:21 GMT -8
I think that is true. Also that it was the Father's prerogative to reveal who the Messiah is, not the Son's. In the baptism, only Jesus, John and the spirit world heard the Father's announcement of Psalm 2, declaring Jesus the King. So Jesus had to not proclaim his Kingship until it was allowed for him to reveal it.
BTW, you know when his public reveal was? Before the Sanhedrin and High Priest, who killed him for this revelation.
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Post by Josh on Aug 9, 2012 14:56:42 GMT -8
Yes, the public revelation would have either brought him to the head of a revolution or to execution, as it eventually did.
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