Pertanyaan: 236. Dapatkah Kristus Turun dari Salib?
Yesus telah melakukan banyak mujizat, seperti saat ia menyembuhkan orang buta, menenangkan badai, dan membangkitkan orang mati. Ucapannya kepada Petrus (Matius 26:53) bahwa Bapa-Nya akan memberikan-Nya dua belas legiun malaikat jika Ia meminta untuk diselamatkan, menunjukkan bahwa Ia percaya Ia dapat diselamatkan jika Ia menginginkannya. Satu-satunya alasan mengapa Ia tidak ingin turun dari salib adalah karena kasih kepada umat manusia memegang-Nya di sana. Ia tahu bahwa pengorbanan sukarela-Nya penting untuk penebusan dosa-dosa dunia. Ia telah meramalkan kematiannya sendiri di atas salib dan dalam beberapa kesempatan telah berbicara tentang hal itu
Question: 236. Could Christ Have Come Down from the Cross?
Christ had done many miracles, as when he healed the blind, stilled the storm and raised the dead. His remark to Peter (Matt 26:53) that his Father would give him twelve legions of angels if he asked for deliverance, showed that he believed he could be delivered if he wished. The only reason why he had no desire to come down from the cross was that love of the human race held him there. He knew that his voluntary sacrifice was essential to the great atonement for the sins of the world. He had foreseen his own death on the cross and on several occasions had spoken of it
