Board Thread:Bible Questions/@comment-33768674-20171125210312/@comment-5175866-20171126232019

Hi there. Thank you for your question. Your question is a bit unclear so in order for me or anyone else to directly answer it you need to rewrite it. The largest problem is I don't understand who the "they" in "then why didn't they" is.

I believe you are referring to Herod wishing to kill Jesus during his infancy.

There are several reasons why they did not allow Jesus just to die. Firstly, few parents would ever willingly allow their child to die. The notable exception may be Abraham who at least appeared to be willing to allow Issac to die for God's sake.

God did not ask Mary and Joseph to hand over Jesus to the authorities to be killed. One reason that Jesus had to live was to fulfil all prophecy necessary to qualify him as the Messiah, including a prophecy that Jesus would be in Egypt (which come to find out he was in Egypt to not be killed by Herod).

Most importantly, Jesus whole existence was not to be killed, but to die as a sacrifice. There is a large difference between being killed involuntairly and allowing oneself to die in order to remedy the mistakes of others. Jesus mentions several times how he had to die appropiately in correct "timing". There are several scenarios in Scripture where Jewish authorities wanted to apprehend Jesus, but they could not. The only explanation given is that it was not the correct time for Jesus to be arrested.

Finally, Jesus' existence did not end at his death. Jesus ressurected from the gave to ultimately validate that he was God. Jesus whole existence was to be a sacrifice for others (from Sin, the evil doings of mankind), but he verified this through his deeds and miracles.

This is a very brief summary, however if you have any more questions or want more details please feel free to reply. I hope this makes sense as my wording may sound mystical or nonsenical. Let me know if I can clear anything up.

In Christ, Superdadsuper, Bible Wiki Administrator and Bureaucrat 23:20, November 26, 2017 (UTC)