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In agony, Yahushua fervently pleaded with Yahuwah to the point that his sweat became like drops of blood. Nevertheless, he offered a prayer of submission:
Yahushua did not want to die. His will was to live. But Yahuwah’s will prevailed.
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Luke 22:41-42 And He withdrew from them about a stone’s throw, and He knelt down and began to pray, saying, “Father, if You are willing, remove this cup from Me; yet not My will, but Yours be done.”
Yahushua did not want to die. His will was to live. But Yahuwah’s will prevailed.
Not my will, but Yours be done
The Garden of Gethsemane narrative is so familiar that we fail to realize the ramifications of Yahushua’s statement. “Not my will, but Yours be done” means that Yahushua and Yahuwah the Father had two different wills. Let that sink in. What Yahuwah desired, Yahushua did not. These opposing wills present quite the problem for the doctrine of the Trinity. If Yahushua is Yahuwah, how can he have a will that is contrary to Yahuwah’s? In other words, if God the Son and God the Father are one essence, as orthodoxy states, how can they have differing desires? If they are truly “one” as Trinitarians profess, how can they have divided wills?
The Garden of Gethsemane isn’t the only time Yahushua deferred to the will of the Father. Their relationship is characterized by Yahushua’s continual submission:
John 5:30 “I can do nothing on My own initiative. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.
If Yahushua is God we would expect that his will would be the same as the will of the God who sent him. But in this passage there is a clear distinction between the two.
Yahushua’s very mission in life was to do, not his will, but the will of Yahuwah.
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Yahushua’s very mission in life was to do, not his will, but the will of Yahuwah.
John 6:37-38 “All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will certainly not cast out. 38 “For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.
The author of Hebrews makes the same point: the Messiah came to do Yahuwah’s will:1
Hebrews 10:7 “Then I said, ‘Behold, I have come (in the scroll of the book it is written of me) to do your will, O God.'”
Yahushua expresses this truth in yet another way. As the agent of Yahuwah, Yahushua‘s sustenance was to do his Father’s will and to accomplish His work.
John 4:31-34 Meanwhile the disciples were urging Him, saying, “Rabbi, eat.” 32 But He said to them, “I have food to eat that you do not know about.” 33 So the disciples were saying to one another, “No one brought Him anything to eat, did he?” 34 Yahushua said to them, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to accomplish His work.
Notice that Yahushua did not say “our will” or “our work,” as we would expect him to say if he was a member of a triune God. Also note that Yahushua didn’t send it himself but was sent by someone else. If Yahushua is Yahuwah, wouldn’t he come of his own accord?
Concerning salvation, Yahushua spoke of it in terms of being his Father’s will:
John 6:40 “For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who beholds the Son and believes in Him will have eternal life, and I Myself will raise him up on the last day.”2
Moreover, the entrance into the kingdom comes from obedience to the Father’s will. No mention of Yahushua’ will or that of the Holy Spirit:
Matthew 7:21 “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter.
We are considered to be Yahushua’s “family” if we do the will, not of the Trinity, but of the Father.
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In addition, we are considered to be Yahushua’s “family” if we do the will, not of the Trinity, but of the Father:
Matthew 12:50 “For whoever does the will of My Father who is in heaven, he is My brother and sister and mother.”
Children's salvation is said to be the will of Yahuwah the Father. Not that Yahushua doesn’t desire it as well, but he credits the Father with the desire:
Matthew 18:14 “So it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones perish.
Even the apostle Paul framed salvation as being the will of Yahuwah, who is the Father: 3
Galatians 1:3-5 Grace to you and peace from Yahuwah our Father and the Lord Yahushua Christ, 4 who gave Himself for our sins so that He might rescue us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father, 5 to whom be the glory forevermore. Amen.
Some may reason that Yahushua’s will differed from that of Yahuwah’s while he was in his so-called human state, walking in his human nature. The problem with this theory is that it is not substantiated by Scripture. We are never told that Yahushua has two natures or two wills. Even a popular Trinitarian apologist concedes this point:
The Bible does not explicitly address the question of whether Jesus Christ has two natures or only one.4
The reason the Bible doesn’t address it is because the concept of Yahushua’s so-called dual natures (hypostatic union) was not developed until the fourth century.
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The reason the Bible doesn’t address it is because the concept of Yahushua’s so-called dual natures (hypostatic union) was not developed until the fourth century. Furthermore, it was not declared “orthodoxy” by the Church Fathers until the fifth century.5 The theory was a result of Church Fathers’ efforts to resolve problems that arose when Yahushua was thought to be both Yahuwah and man. Problems such as: if Yahushua is Yahuwah, why does he have a different will from Yahuwah the Father? How could Yahushua die if Yahuwah is immortal? How can Yahushua be Yahuwah if he doesn’t know the time of his second coming? And so forth. Their solution to this conundrum? Yahushua must have dual natures despite the fact that the Bible never teaches this.
The better answer, and the Biblical one, as to why Yahushua’s will differs from that of Yahuwah is because Yahushua is not Yahuwah. Rather, he is the human Messiah sent by Yahuwah to redeem a fallen world:
Acts 2:22-24 “Men of Israel, listen to these words: Jesus the Nazarene, a man attested to you by Yahuwah with miracles and wonders and signs which Yahuwah performed through Him in your midst, just as you yourselves know— 23 this Man, delivered over by the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of Yahuwah, you nailed to a cross by the hands of godless men and put Him to death. 24 “But Yahuwah raised Him up again, putting an end to the agony of death, since it was impossible for Him to be held in its power.
This is the consistent message throughout Scripture and it demonstrates the beauty and wonder of Yahushua’s sacrifice. He denied his own desires and humbly submitted to the will of his God and Father. For this reason, Yahuwah exalted him to His right hand and gave him the highest name. One day every knee will bow and tongue confess that Yahushua Christ is Lord,6 to the glory of Yahuwah the Father.7
1 The author of Hebrews quotes Psalm 40:6-8.
2 Yahuwah granted Yahushua the ability to resurrect the dead – John 5:26-27, etc.
3 Yahuwah is the Father: John 8:41; 8:54; 1 Cor. 8:6, etc.
4 “Does Jesus Have Two Natures?” Got Questions.org, accessed 6-27-19
5 Council of Chalcedon, 451 AD.
6 Yahuwah made Yahushua both Lord and Christ – Acts 2:36.
7 Philippians 2:9-11.
This is a non-WLC article. Source: https://oneGodworship.com/not-my-will-but-yours-be-done/
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