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To: George W. Bush
In your response to HP,

"Well, when He was tempted by Satan, it was clear that He could call upon the angels to save Him. But did not. This was an indication of His vast and Godlike powers prior to the crucifixion even. So, the picture to me isn't entirely clear. But He certainly was granted the power to perform miracles. It seems to me from reading His prayers that these were performed through the power of the Father. But this is not, for me, a crucial matter. "

¶ And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days He did eat nothing: and when they were ended, He afterward hungered. And the devil said unto Him, If Thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread.

And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.

And the devil, taking Him up into an high mountain, shewed unto Him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. And the devil said unto Him, All this power will I give Thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it. If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine.

And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, and said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence: For it is written, He shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee: And in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.

And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from Him for a season.

And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and there went out a fame of him through all the region round about. Luke 2:1-14



In Matthews account of the same incident, it ends with:

Then the devil leaveth Him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto Him. Matthew 3:11

While yes, angels do come and serve the lord as reported in Matthew 3:11, I think this is not proof that the Lord could call down angels from heaven to do His bidding, but, here in Matthew 26:53 Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels? When the Lord is talking to Peter, now here is proof that if the Lord wanted His angels, they would come in a heratbeat at His call.

Yeshua bless you.

54 posted on 09/08/2001 10:12:56 AM PDT by Alas
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To: Alas
While yes, angels do come and serve the lord as reported in Matthew 3:11, I think this is not proof that the Lord could call down angels from heaven to do His bidding, but, here in Matthew 26:53 Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels? When the Lord is talking to Peter, now here is proof that if the Lord wanted His angels, they would come in a heratbeat at His call. Personally, I hope we return to the topic as some of this discussion has made me a little uncomfortable, though you couldn't probably tell from the length of what I wrote. Thank you for your industriousness with the scripture. I need to post it more often. And, yes, this confirms again how Jesus' power while He walked on earth was derived through the Father. Again, it seems consistent with the other things which I posted earlier. But now and then it worries me a little that I can't explain even to myself exactly why I believe these things. It makes me very suspicious of my thinking in these matters which are not fully revealed in scripture. The Word is our sure foundation and even one step away from it is a danger that we stray into peril.

BTTT
57 posted on 09/08/2001 10:23:00 AM PDT by George W. Bush
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