Actually, I said Peter was "on the spot" - meaning that he was together with our Lord. He neither looked forward (in time) to Messiah, nor did he look backwards (in time) as we do. As to hindering our Lord Jesus' death, you propose a difficulty. Are we born again because of Christ's death? Or is it an act of the Holy Spirit in the spirit of a man (Jn.3:6)? The death of our Lord was for sin and sins - a work of atonement OUTSIDE of us. Being BORN is by FAITH in Jesus - a Person (Jn.1:12-13, 3:14-16).
But as to being born again, I tend to agree with you - based on John 7:39 and 20:22. But it raises a difficulty. Both Moses and Elijah, AND three of twelve Apostles were on the Mount of Transfiguration and our Lord Jesus calls that His Kingdom (Matt.16:28). To SEE the Kingdom, a man must be born again. Thus, Moses, Elijah and three Apostles must have been born again BEFORE Christ was risen. Even more difficult is that a man's lifetime is all the time he has to believe. Hebrews 9:27 gives the next event as judgment. Moses must have become born again before he died - some 1,500 years before Christ was raised from the dead. And even more difficult is that Moses must have been in RESURRECTION to be in the Kingdom because (i) his body is fought for in Jude, and (ii) the old body is not fit for the Kingdom (1st Cor.15:50).
Now, maybe you are getting an inkling of why we must address the PROCESS of Christ as both God and Man IN TIME and IN ETERNITY - our "LOGICAL MYSTERY" - as I did in my previous posting. It is a complicated business, and somewhere along the way we will reach the limit of our human intellect. Scripture cannot be wrong, but we have limited understanding.
May the Lord bless us and give us His light on the subject.
But as to being born again, I tend to agree with you - based on John 7:39 and 20:22. But it raises a difficulty. Both Moses and Elijah, AND three of twelve Apostles were on the Mount of Transfiguration and our Lord Jesus calls that His Kingdom (Matt.16:28). To SEE the Kingdom, a man must be born again. Thus, Moses, Elijah and three Apostles must have been born again BEFORE Christ was risen. Even more difficult is that a man's lifetime is all the time he has to believe. Hebrews 9:27 gives the next event as judgment. Moses must have become born again before he died - some 1,500 years before Christ was raised from the dead. And even more difficult is that Moses must have been in RESURRECTION to be in the Kingdom because (i) his body is fought for in Jude, and (ii) the old body is not fit for the Kingdom (1st Cor.15:50).
Now, maybe you are getting an inkling of why we must address the PROCESS of Christ as both God and Man IN TIME and IN ETERNITY - our "LOGICAL MYSTERY" - as I did in my previous posting. It is a complicated business, and somewhere along the way we will reach the limit of our human intellect. Scripture cannot be wrong, but we have limited understanding.
May the Lord bless us and give us His light on the subject.