Who Killed Jesus?

[Cosmo]

God killed Jesus. He did it in the heavenly Tabernacle BEFORE God created anything.
Then, He did it in time AFTER He created heaven, earth, and man.
Salvation is of the LORD.

Are you saying God killed Jesus twice? I understand Jesus dying on the cross, but why in "in the heavenly Tabernacle".

At its core, the Bible teaches that Jesus willingly gave his life on the cross – a selfless act understood by Christians as the ultimate expression of love for humanity. Through his death, Jesus bore mankind’s sins, offering everyone an opportunity for salvation.

 

[Dean]

The cross is His victory. He conquered sin and death. No one took His life from Him, He laid it down freely. Jesus specifically took a humiliating form of public punishment for you willingly. He did so for a reason. The complete and utter misery of the Cross is part of His message. It is His victory.

 

[jeremiah1five]

What verse says that ?

Did you read the verses I quoted in my previous post saying who killed Jesus and who was responsible?

Yes, I did. Each is from the position of men in time. God used wicked men to kill His Son, but it was ordained and controlled by God. God ordered the "hit" and wicked men was used by God to bring His will to fruition.

Acts 2:23
This man was handed over to you by God’s deliberate plan and foreknowledge; and you, with the help of wicked men, put him to death by nailing him to the cross

Acts 4:10,11
Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole…

Acts 5:30
The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree.

Acts 7:52
Was there ever a prophet your ancestors did not persecute? They even killed those who predicted the coming of the Righteous One. And now you have betrayed and murdered him

Acts 13:27
For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him

1 Corinthians 2:8-
None of the rulers of this age understood this, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory
_________________

These are all presented from our perspective. Jesus couldn't die by suicide or by accident. God uses sin and sinful men for His purpose and as Sovereign God who not only ordained this death also prophesied it would happen. It is ordained by God because it is necessary, and it already occurred before God created heaven, earth, and man.

8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from [before] the foundation (creation) of the world. Revelation 13:8.

When God contemplated creating man with the added goal of bringing man into Himself and into eternity it had to come about through a particular plan. Not only was His Son slain before He created anything, there were other particulars that were part of His plan for man.

He was foreordained before God creation:
20 Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,
1 Peter 1:20.

His elect were chosen in Him before creation:
4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: Ephesians 1:4.

A kingdom (Christ Himself) was prepared for His elect before creation:
34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: Matthew 25:34.

There is correlation between His blood (death) and the blood (death) of every prophet He sent before creation:
50 That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation; Luke 11:50.

Additional "works" were prepared in Him before creation:
3 For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world. Hebrews 4:3.

The Son suffered before creation:
26 For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. Hebrews 9:26.

He was loved by the Father before creation:
24 Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world. John 17:24.

God's plan was ordained to be kept secret from men before creation:
35 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world., Matthew 13:35.

The names of His elect were a separate group that were distinguished from everyone else before creation:
8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. Revelation 13: 8.

There is a reason God commanded Moses to build a Tabernacle 'fashioned' after the heavenly Tabernacle. Because for one, what was to take place in the earthly Tabernacle was to be exactly what took place in the heavenly Tabernacle and these passages above reveal some of those things God did in the heavenly Tabernacle before creating heaven, earth, and man. And it all centered around a lamb that God slew in the heavenly Tabernacle before He created anything. That lamb was His Son. I cannot explain the exact nature of this act of God in Himself in Trinity towards His Son, the Second Person, but a lamb was slain, and it wasn't an animal. Everything was to follow the pattern God set in motion in Himself before creation that was important to Him for His covenant people to perform on earth in the earthly Tabernacle. And if God slew His Son described as a lamb before creation, then in keeping with that heavenly pattern God did it in time on earth in the same way. Smite the Shepherd and the flock will flee? There may have been an angel sent by God to stay the hand of Abraham holding a knife before he brought it down upon his son, Isaac, but in the heavenly Tabernacle there was no one to stay the Hand of the Father before God created heaven, earth, and man.

4 Surely he hath borne our griefs,
And carried our sorrows:
Yet we did esteem him stricken,
Smitten of God, and afflicted.
Isaiah 53:4.

There was darkness in the land for three hours as His Son hung on His cross. This was to cover the act(s) of God in the moments as He slew His Son for this death was not to be witnessed, not for men's eyes. Although Jesus was beaten, scourged, His hair plucked from His body, nails pounded into His wrists and feet, and a crown of thorns pushed violently upon His skull, He endured all of it until darkness enveloped the land and as soon as it lifted, He died, smitten of God and afflicted. God was behind this death. He may have used wicked men to accomplish His will, but it was preordained, and it was for a heavenly purpose. This earthly death followed the pattern of the heavenly death, and we know there were no men attending the heavenly death before creation. God was responsible and accountable for the death of His Son.

 

[jeremiah1five]

Are you saying God killed Jesus twice? I understand Jesus dying on the cross, but why in "in the heavenly Tabernacle".

From God's perspective of the eternal NOW everything has been said and done, time has ended, and we are all with God right now.
But from the perspective of man in time we move and have our being going forward in a process of time.
Maybe He didn't sacrifice His Son twice. Only once. From His perspective.

At its core, the Bible teaches that Jesus willingly gave his life on the cross – a selfless act understood by Christians as the ultimate expression of love for humanity. Through his death, Jesus bore mankind’s sins, offering everyone an opportunity for salvation.

Jesus Christ didn't offer Himself for the love of humanity. The people that He died for are those in covenant with God - the children of Israel. For whom did the high priest under the Law offer sacrifices for and offer prayers? Is there any passage he left Israel, went to Gentiles, and offered sacrifices for non-Hebrew Gentiles? There is no record of him doing such a thing. Saul said:

4 But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
5 To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. Gal. 4:3–5.

If God "loved" the actual world of people, then this would mean all the world would be saved - everyone.
Does Scripture teach this?

 

[civic]

Yes, I did. Each is from the position of men in time. God used wicked men to kill His Son, but it was ordained and controlled by God. God ordered the "hit" and wicked men was used by God to bring His will to fruition.

Acts 2:23
This man was handed over to you by God’s deliberate plan and foreknowledge; and you, with the help of wicked men, put him to death by nailing him to the cross

Acts 4:10,11
Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole…

Acts 5:30
The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree.

Acts 7:52
Was there ever a prophet your ancestors did not persecute? They even killed those who predicted the coming of the Righteous One. And now you have betrayed and murdered him

Acts 13:27
For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him

1 Corinthians 2:8-
None of the rulers of this age understood this, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory
_________________

These are all presented from our perspective. Jesus couldn't die by suicide or by accident. God uses sin and sinful men for His purpose and as Sovereign God who not only ordained this death also prophesied it would happen. It is ordained by God because it is necessary, and it already occurred before God created heaven, earth, and man.

8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from [before] the foundation (creation) of the world. Revelation 13:8.

When God contemplated creating man with the added goal of bringing man into Himself and into eternity it had to come about through a particular plan. Not only was His Son slain before He created anything, there were other particulars that were part of His plan for man.

He was foreordained before God creation:
20 Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,
1 Peter 1:20.

His elect were chosen in Him before creation:
4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: Ephesians 1:4.

A kingdom (Christ Himself) was prepared for His elect before creation:
34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: Matthew 25:34.

There is correlation between His blood (death) and the blood (death) of every prophet He sent before creation:
50 That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation; Luke 11:50.

Additional "works" were prepared in Him before creation:
3 For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world. Hebrews 4:3.

The Son suffered before creation:
26 For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. Hebrews 9:26.

He was loved by the Father before creation:
24 Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world. John 17:24.

God's plan was ordained to be kept secret from men before creation:
35 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world., Matthew 13:35.

The names of His elect were a separate group that were distinguished from everyone else before creation:
8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. Revelation 13: 8.

There is a reason God commanded Moses to build a Tabernacle 'fashioned' after the heavenly Tabernacle. Because for one, what was to take place in the earthly Tabernacle was to be exactly what took place in the heavenly Tabernacle and these passages above reveal some of those things God did in the heavenly Tabernacle before creating heaven, earth, and man. And it all centered around a lamb that God slew in the heavenly Tabernacle before He created anything. That lamb was His Son. I cannot explain the exact nature of this act of God in Himself in Trinity towards His Son, the Second Person, but a lamb was slain, and it wasn't an animal. Everything was to follow the pattern God set in motion in Himself before creation that was important to Him for His covenant people to perform on earth in the earthly Tabernacle. And if God slew His Son described as a lamb before creation, then in keeping with that heavenly pattern God did it in time on earth in the same way. Smite the Shepherd and the flock will flee? There may have been an angel sent by God to stay the hand of Abraham holding a knife before he brought it down upon his son, Isaac, but in the heavenly Tabernacle there was no one to stay the Hand of the Father before God created heaven, earth, and man.

4 Surely he hath borne our griefs,
And carried our sorrows:
Yet we did esteem him stricken,
Smitten of God, and afflicted.
Isaiah 53:4.

There was darkness in the land for three hours as His Son hung on His cross. This was to cover the act(s) of God in the moments as He slew His Son for this death was not to be witnessed, not for men's eyes. Although Jesus was beaten, scourged, His hair plucked from His body, nails pounded into His wrists and feet, and a crown of thorns pushed violently upon His skull, He endured all of it until darkness enveloped the land and as soon as it lifted, He died, smitten of God and afflicted. God was behind this death. He may have used wicked men to accomplish His will, but it was preordained, and it was for a heavenly purpose. This earthly death followed the pattern of the heavenly death, and we know there were no men attending the heavenly death before creation. God was responsible and accountable for the death of His Son.

Nowhere does God say He killed His Son. And Is 53:4 says. WE CONSIDERED HIM SMITTEN- Not God smote Him.

 

[101G]

Isaiah 53:1 "Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed?" Isaiah 53:2 "For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him." Isaiah 53:3 "He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not." Isaiah 53:4 "Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted." Isaiah 53:5 "But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed."

stricken: H5060 נָגַע naga` (naw-gah') v.
1. (properly) to touch.
2. to lay the hand upon (for any purpose).
3. (by euphemism) to lie with a woman.
4. (by implication) to reach.
5. (figuratively) to arrive, acquire.
6. (violently) to strike a blow (i.e. punish, defeat, destroy, etc.).
[a primitive root]
KJV: beat, (X be able to) bring (down), cast, come (nigh), draw near (nigh), get up, happen, join, near, plague, reach (up), smite, strike, touch.

Wounded: H2490 חָלַל chalal (chaw-lal') v.
1. (properly) to bore.
2. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve.
3. (figuratively) to profane (a person, place or thing).
4. (thus) to break (one's word).
5. (also) to begin (as if by an "opening wedge").
6. (denom., from H2485) to play (the flute).
[a primitive root]
KJV: begin (X men began), defile, X break, defile, X eat (as common things), X first, X gather the grape thereof, X take inheritance, pipe, player on instruments, pollute, (cast as) profane (self), prostitute, slay (slain), sorrow, stain, wound.

Zechariah 12:10 "And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn."

Pierced,: H1856 דָּקַר daqar (daw-kar') v.
1. to stab.
2. (by analogy) to starve.
3. (figuratively) to revile.
[a primitive root]
KJV: pierce, strike (thrust) through, wound.

none of these ... "Physical" ....... actions killed the Lord Jesus. but a principality, a POWER did. John 10:14 "I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine." John 10:15 "As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep." John 10:16 "And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd." John 10:17 "Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again." John 10:18 "No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father."

so, what killed the LIFE of the Lord Jesus ..... IN this world? as said a a principality, a POWER did, the answer, LOVE. this was a volunteer death. see (John 3:16).

Romans 5:7 "For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die."

Ephesians 5:2 "And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour."

1 John 3:16 "Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren."

101G.

 

[jeremiah1five]

Nowhere does God say He killed His Son. And Is 53:4 says. WE CONSIDERED HIM SMITTEN- Not God smote Him.

4 Surely he hath borne our griefs,
And carried our sorrows:
Yet we did esteem him stricken,
Smitten of God, and afflicted.
Isaiah 53:4.

Here the word is an adjective "nākâ" and it is defined by Strong as: a primitive root; to strike (lightly or severely, literal or figurative.)

As you can see it refers to God 'striking' this "man of sorrows acquainted with grief." In a following verse:

5 But he was wounded for our transgressions,
He was bruised for our iniquities:
The chastisement of our peace was upon him;
And with his stripes we are healed.
6 All we like sheep have gone astray;
We have turned every one to his own way;
And the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
Isaiah 53:5–6.

Still referring to this "man of sorrows" we see the verse saying it was God that "laid on Him the iniquity of us all" and is a direct mention that God did this which resulted in the death of the "man of sorrows."
Foundationally, Scripture introduces that sin is death as first declared by God in Genesis 2 in the Garden:

17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. Gen. 2:17.

Sin and death are used interchangeably in Scripture just as death is the result of sin and sin results in death. But take notice who has laid death upon this "man of sorrows." It is God Himself who does this. It is not enough for the scene to be "I am Jesus the Christ, and I am dying for the sin of God's elect." No, that is not enough. Someone must actively apply the sin of God's elect upon this "man of sorrows" and that person is God the Father. It was actively made to happen during substitutionary sacrifice as preordained by God and sufficient to the cause at hand, and that is, that in order to save or redeem sinful man someone would have to die in his stead, and that someone was this "man of sorrows" of whom God laid on Him the iniquity "of us all."

The word "nākâ" is translated variously as:

smite 348 times
slay 92
kill 20
beat 9
slaughter 5
stricken 3
given 3
wounded 3
strike 2
stripes 2
miscellaneous translations: 13 times for a total of 500 times this word is found in Scripture.
And while the context determines its definition, slay, kill, and slaughter amounts to 117 times it is used for death. And when we read Isaiah it is God who has "laid on Him the iniquity of us all" which also means that by laying on us the iniquity or sin of God's elect, when this is done by God the Father it resulted in the death of the man of sorrows, which if God did not actively do would render the elect still liable to their own sin resulting in eternal separation from God. But this is not the case for as a doctrine, substitutionary sacrifice is clearly in view here and the reason of the death of the man of sorrows is directly tied to God who "laid on Him the iniquity/death" of us all.

 

[civic]

4 Surely he hath borne our griefs,
And carried our sorrows:
Yet we did esteem him stricken,
Smitten of God, and afflicted.
Isaiah 53:4.

Here the word is an adjective "nākâ" and it is defined by Strong as: a primitive root; to strike (lightly or severely, literal or figurative.)

As you can see it refers to God 'striking' this "man of sorrows acquainted with grief." In a following verse:

5 But he was wounded for our transgressions,
He was bruised for our iniquities:
The chastisement of our peace was upon him;
And with his stripes we are healed.
6 All we like sheep have gone astray;
We have turned every one to his own way;
And the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
Isaiah 53:5–6.

Still referring to this "man of sorrows" we see the verse saying it was God that "laid on Him the iniquity of us all" and is a direct mention that God did this which resulted in the death of the "man of sorrows."
Foundationally, Scripture introduces that sin is death as first declared by God in Genesis 2 in the Garden:

17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. Gen. 2:17.

Sin and death are used interchangeably in Scripture just as death is the result of sin and sin results in death. But take notice who has laid death upon this "man of sorrows." It is God Himself who does this. It is not enough for the scene to be "I am Jesus the Christ, and I am dying for the sin of God's elect." No, that is not enough. Someone must actively apply the sin of God's elect upon this "man of sorrows" and that person is God the Father. It was actively made to happen during substitutionary sacrifice as preordained by God and sufficient to the cause at hand, and that is, that in order to save or redeem sinful man someone would have to die in his stead, and that someone was this "man of sorrows" of whom God laid on Him the iniquity "of us all."

The word "nākâ" is translated variously as:

smite 348 times
slay 92
kill 20
beat 9
slaughter 5
stricken 3
given 3
wounded 3
strike 2
stripes 2
miscellaneous translations: 13 times for a total of 500 times this word is found in Scripture.
And while the context determines its definition, slay, kill, and slaughter amounts to 117 times it is used for death. And when we read Isaiah it is God who has "laid on Him the iniquity of us all" which also means that by laying on us the iniquity or sin of God's elect, when this is done by God the Father it resulted in the death of the man of sorrows, which if God did not actively do would render the elect still liable to their own sin resulting in eternal separation from God. But this is not the case for as a doctrine, substitutionary sacrifice is clearly in view here and the reason of the death of the man of sorrows is directly tied to God who "laid on Him the iniquity/death" of us all.

Notice it says WE, not God below

Surely he hath borne our griefs,
And carried our sorrows:
Yet we did esteem him stricken,
Smitten of God, and afflicted.
Isaiah 53:4

 

[jeremiah1five]

Notice it says WE, not God below

Surely he hath borne our griefs,
And carried our sorrows:
Yet we did esteem him stricken,
Smitten of God, and afflicted.
Isaiah 53:4

Yes, that is our view of Him. We see Him as stricken and smitten of God and this would be our understanding, an understanding without which such acknowledgement could not lead to our salvation.

 

[Begotten]

No one killed Jesus.

No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of My own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from My Father.” John 10:18

The context of these remarks is important: Jesus is still debating with religious critics who are angry over His recent miracle (John 9). There, Jesus gave sight to a man born blind, which sparked debates that did not end well for the local religious leaders.

Now, Jesus continues to explain His role as "the good shepherd" (John 10:11, 14). That includes His willingness to die for the sake of His sheep. That sacrificial love is a reason Jesus has special favor with God the Father (John 10:17; Philippians 2:8–9). It's possible those listening assumed Jesus' prior statement was just an assumption. In other words, that Jesus was "willing" to die, not that He "would die." Talk of Christ's death is something Jesus' closest followers often struggled to accept (Mark 8:31–33).

As He continues, Jesus makes it clear that His role as "the good shepherd" (John 10:10–14) and "the door" (John 10:7–9) not only includes an actual death, but it also includes resurrection. That death is entirely voluntary; it is not something into which Jesus is being coerced (Matthew 26:53). And it will result in a resurrection, based on divine power and authority (John 2:19–21). In this relatively brief statement, Jesus claims to have power over life and death—even His own—as granted to Him by God. He predicts His own death and resurrection.

The grand nature of those ideas may be a reason that this specific audience doesn't seem to react with accusations of blasphemy, as they do in other passages (John 5:18). What Jesus says is so outlandish that it suggests two other possibilities. The audience seems torn between Jesus being possessed—the ancients' reference to insanity—and being a miraculously-verified messenger (John 10:19–21). BibleRef

 

[civic]

No one killed Jesus.

No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of My own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from My Father.” John 10:18

Amen

 

[jeremiah1five]

No one killed Jesus.

No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of My own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from My Father.” John 10:18

That's called suicide.

 

[Begotten]

That's called suicide.

The Bible calls it His sacrificial death. The Good News is Christ’s achievement in rising from the dead. It was the first event of its kind in the whole history of the universe.

 

[jeremiah1five]

The Bible calls it His sacrificial death. The Good News is Christ’s achievement in rising from the dead. It was the first event of its kind in the whole history of the universe.

You said no one killed Jesus.

By excluding the Father, who like Father Abraham was about to slay Isaac on the altar until an angel stopped him, which was a foreshadowing of God the Father who was the One to slay His only Begotten Son, God may have used sinful men but it was God the Father who slew His Son on the altar of redemption for the Jewish people.

And Jesus also laid His life down obediently to the Father. By saying no one killed Jesus and then offering that Jesus gave His life up of His own accord without anyone else is tantamount to "SUICIDE by cop."

 

[Begotten]

You said no one killed Jesus.

By excluding the Father, who like Father Abraham was about to slay Isaac on the altar until an angel stopped him, which was a foreshadowing of God the Father who was the One to slay His only Begotten Son, God may have used sinful men but it was God the Father who slew His Son on the altar of redemption for the Jewish people.

And Jesus also laid His life down obediently to the Father. By saying no one killed Jesus and then offering that Jesus gave His life up of His own accord without anyone else is tantamount to "SUICIDE by cop."

God gave His only Son and Jesus laid His life down willingly so it was a team effort. A trinity thing.
Grace summarizes the entire salvation process. It encapsulates the sending of Christ, the offer of forgiveness, His crucifixion, His resurrection, and His ascension.

 

[Studyman]

No one killed Jesus.

No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of My own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from My Father.” John 10:18

It is true that Jesus knew all the Prophesies about Himself as shown by Moses and the Prophets, including those which prophesied about His murder. And He offered Himself to God His Father, for His Father's purposes anyway because HE also knew of and believed the Prophesies about being the Sceptre of His Father's Kingdom forever.

Ps. 45: 6 Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre. 7 Thou (Sceptre) lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, "hath anointed thee" with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

The Apostles were shown these things.

Luke 24: 25 Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken: 26 Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory? 27 And beginning at "Moses and all the prophets", he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.


So the notion or implication that Jesus somehow committed suicide, or somehow "Killed Himself", although implied by many of the promoters of this world's religious sects and businesses, doesn't reflect the Truth of Scriptures. Jesus was incarcerated for telling the truth, tortured and then murdered in cold blood, as prophesied, simply for exposing the mainstream religious sects of His Time, who professed to know God but transgressed His Commandments by their own man-made religious traditions and philosophies, as from satan and not from God. And they killed Him for it.

To preach to others, "No one killed Jesus", although such a philosophy is popular in certain religious sects and businesses of this world, denies what is actually written in the Holy Scriptures.

Acts 7: 51 Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.

52 Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the "betrayers and murderers": 53 Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it.

54 When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.

The same religious sect who betrayed and murdered Jesus for telling them the Truth, also murdered Stephen for the same reason.

These truths, and others can be found in the Holy Bible.

 

[Aeliana]

According to the Bible, Jesus offered Himself as a sacrifice for the sins of mankind. This is demonstrated in Romans 3:25, which says that God presented Jesus as the atoning sacrifice through faith in His blood. Jesus was sinless and offered Himself as an eternal and spiritual sacrifice to God.

Chapter 11 - Jesus’ One Sacrifice Fulfilled All | Fred R Coulter

Jesus Christ offered Himself as the supreme sacrifice of God the Father for the sins of mankind.

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The Old Testament sacrificial system, particularly the offerings described in Leviticus, serves as a precursor to Christ's ultimate sacrifice. The sacrifice of Christ is also unique in its voluntary nature. Jesus willingly laid down His life.

 

[Studyman]

According to the Bible, Jesus offered Himself as a sacrifice for the sins of mankind. This is demonstrated in Romans 3:25, which says that God presented Jesus as the atoning sacrifice through faith in His blood. Jesus was sinless and offered Himself as an eternal and spiritual sacrifice to God.

Chapter 11 - Jesus’ One Sacrifice Fulfilled All | Fred R Coulter

Jesus Christ offered Himself as the supreme sacrifice of God the Father for the sins of mankind.

www.cbcg.org

The Old Testament sacrificial system, particularly the offerings described in Leviticus, serves as a precursor to Christ's ultimate sacrifice. The sacrifice of Christ is also unique in its voluntary nature. Jesus willingly laid down "His life".

Ph. 2: 8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.

Yes, Jesus willingly laid down His Life to do the will of His Father.

 

[jeremiah1five]

God gave His only Son and Jesus laid His life down willingly so it was a team effort. A trinity thing.
Grace summarizes the entire salvation process. It encapsulates the sending of Christ, the offer of forgiveness, His crucifixion, His resurrection, and His ascension.

Now you got it. They were all involved in the redemption of God's elect people, the children of Israel and seed of Abraham.

It was the Father's Plan.
The Son implemented the Plan.
The Holy Spirit is in the world today applying the Plan to God's elect.

4 Surely he hath borne our griefs,
And carried our sorrows:
Yet we did esteem him stricken,
Smitten of God, and afflicted.
Isaiah 53:4.

What occurred on earth occurred first in Trinity before God created heaven, earth, and man. Moses was tasked with building the earthly Tabernacle and fashioning it exactly as the heavenly Tabernacle.
There were some things Scripture says God did before creation and most likely it occurred in the heavenly Tabernacle.

And all three were involved in raising Christ from the grave.