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".....O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as Thou wilt."
The man William Tyndale was burned at the stake for translating the bible into English. Tyndale loaded the English language with more phrases than any other writer before or since.
When he was working on his translation into English, he experienced great difficulty trying to find a word big enough to convey the meaning of redemption, the death of Jesus on the cross. Unable to find a word, Tyndale joined two simple words together - "at" and "onement" thereby making "atonement" and giving in its etymology a clue to the biblical teaching of Salvation by reconciliation.
In the death of Christ on the cross, God and man, severed by sin, were brought together. If mans sin could have been forgiven any other way, God would not have allowed His Son to go to the cross. If the sinfulness of man could have been solved any other way, God would not have allowed Jesus to die.
In the garden of Gethsemane on the night before Calvary, Jesus prayed: "If it be possible let this cup pass from me" Matt. 26:39. In other words, "if there be any other way to redeem the human race, O God find it"
There was no other way. And then He prayed, "Not as I will but as Thou wilt" Matt. 26:39.
The man William Tyndale was burned at the stake for translating the bible into English. Tyndale loaded the English language with more phrases than any other writer before or since.
When he was working on his translation into English, he experienced great difficulty trying to find a word big enough to convey the meaning of redemption, the death of Jesus on the cross. Unable to find a word, Tyndale joined two simple words together - "at" and "onement" thereby making "atonement" and giving in its etymology a clue to the biblical teaching of Salvation by reconciliation.
In the death of Christ on the cross, God and man, severed by sin, were brought together. If mans sin could have been forgiven any other way, God would not have allowed His Son to go to the cross. If the sinfulness of man could have been solved any other way, God would not have allowed Jesus to die.
In the garden of Gethsemane on the night before Calvary, Jesus prayed: "If it be possible let this cup pass from me" Matt. 26:39. In other words, "if there be any other way to redeem the human race, O God find it"
There was no other way. And then He prayed, "Not as I will but as Thou wilt" Matt. 26:39.
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