It is unthinkable, but what if the Son of God had failed His test? What if He had been persuaded by Satan in the wilderness, dissuaded from the start of His ministry? What if He had gotten fed up with the hypocritical religious leaders of Israel, or the loathsome condition of the humanity He Himself had created? What if He just woke up one day and decided that these people weren’t worth it? What if He had sneaked away from Gethsemane, and avoided the cross?
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