None of the rulers of this age understood it. For if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.which none of the rulers of this world has known. For had they known it, they wouldn’t have crucified the Lord of glory.Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.which none of the rulers of this world hath known: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory:
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And he cannot understand them because they are evaluated, they are judged by the Spirit. But the person led by God's Spirit evaluates, judges all things, and he himself is judged by no man. because who has known the mind of the Lord or has instructed him? But we, we together have the mind of Christ. That's from 1 Corinthians chapters 1 and 2. Paul teaches them and he teaches us that God is by nature a loving father. He's a good dad and God has always been like this. He's always been overflowing with this spirit of fatherly love because God has always had his son, Jesus. And God created us. He created all humans to become like his son, like Jesus, to become God's adopted children, God's kids. God wants to give us his spirit so that we can become more and more like Jesus, our brother. And that's been the plan from the beginning. God worked it all out in his mind, all in advance, and he put it in motion. …
… No room for boasting. Down in chapter 2, verse 8, Paul writes about the wisdom that none of the rulers of this age has understood, for if they understood it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory, just as it is written, things which eye has not seen and ear has not heard, and which have not entered the heart of man, all that God has prepared for those who love Him. Another basically rejection of human wisdom, that the things that come from God are not available to the human heart. So you don't judge people by what they can produce out of their own minds. And verse 16 is another Old Testament quote from Isaiah 40, "'Who has known the mind of the Lord that He will instruct him. Who do you think you are? You're going to set the Word of God aside and give your information as if it's superior to that of the Lord Himself. And down in chapter 3, verse 19, it speaks of the one who is caught in his craftiness. …
One end of revealing God’s counsels concerning the work of redemption, is making known Gods wisdom. It is called manifold wisdom; because of the manifold glorious ends that are attained by it. The excellent designs, hereby accomplished, are very manifold. The wisdom of God in this is of vast extent. The contrivance is so manifold, that one may spend an eternity in discovering more of the excellent ends and designs accomplished by it; and the multitude and vast variety of things that are, by divine contrivance, brought to conspire to the bringing about those ends. We may observe, to whom it is that God would manifest this his wisdom, by revealing the mystery of our redemption;—and they are not only men, but the angels. “To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known—the manifold wisdom of God.” The angels are often called principalities and powers, because of the exalted dignity of their nature. The angels excel in strength and wisdom. Those who are the wise men of the earth are called princes in the style of the apostle, 1 Cor. ii. 6. “Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect, yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world”—ver. 8. “Which none of the princes of this world knew; for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.” So the angels are called principalities for their great wisdom. They may also be so called for the honour God his put upon them, in employing them as his ministers and instruments, wherewith be governs the world: and therefore are called thrones, dominions, principalities, and powers, Col. i. 16. …