GOD sent JESUS to be the propitiation for the sins of the world (John 1:29) (1 John 2:2).
“For
God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever
believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not
his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him
might be saved” (John 3:16-17).
“Herein
is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be
the propitiation for our sins” (1 John 4:10).
On
the night before the day of his crucifixion, Jesus was very troubled in the
last hours the of his mission to complete as commanded by his Father (John
3:16-18, 6:38).
Jesus
said: “Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this
hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour” (John 12:27).
Jesus
knew that the time had come to fulfil his purpose, but as a human being would
have, he had difficulties facing this reality. However, he knew that it had to
be done, as the entire survival of humankind rested on the successful
completion of the mission which his Father sent him to accomplish.
In
spite of the fact that Jesus knew the time had come, on the night before, he
took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and was very heavy and
sorrowful in his heart (Matthew 26:37). Jesus said to them, “My soul is
exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me”
(Matthew 26:38), and he went to pray three times to his Father.
Jesus
knew the time had come to fulfil the word of God, the will of his Father who
sent him to be the propitiation for the sins of the world (John 1:29) (1 John 2:2,
4:10).
“For
there is [ONE GOD, AND ONE MEDIATOR BETWEEN GOD AND MEN, THE MAN CHRIST JESUS:
WHO GAVE HIMSELF A RANSOM FOR ALL], to be testified in due time” (1 Timothy
2:5–6).
On
the next day, Jesus was crucified and died for all humankind.
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