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“For in truth against Thy holy servant Jesus, whom Thou hadst anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the nations, and peoples of Israel, have been gathered together in this city to do whatever Thy hand and Thy counsel had determined before should come to pass” (Acts 4:27-28 JND).
All the world was against the Lord Jesus, for this world did not want Him. He was the light of the world, and that light reminded man that he was a sinner before God. Man crucified God’s Son, and must bear the responsibility for it.
On the other hand, God was behind the scenes, working out His will, and what man did to the Lord Jesus only accomplished God’s purposes. This does not in any way relieve man of his responsibility for rejecting the Lord Jesus, but we know that His death, blood-shedding, and resurrection were all necessary, if any of us were to be saved. At the time that man did his very worst, the love and grace of God shone out the brightest!
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