No, they did it because they did not understand a word of what he said and failed "the test".
"But they did not understand this statement. It was veiled from them so that
they could not comprehend it, and they were afraid to ask Him about it." Luke 9:45
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But the disciples did not understand any of these things. The meaning was hidden from them, and they did not comprehend what He was saying." Luke 18:34
“Don’t you understand this parable? How then will you understand any parable?” (
Mark 4:10-13).
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But they did not understand what he meant and were afraid to ask him about it." Mark 9:32
"How is it that you have failed to comprehend that
I was not speaking about bread?" Mat 16:11
“they kept asking, "Why is He saying, ‘a little while’?
We do not understand what He is saying.” John 16:17
Jesus said he would be "lifted up" like the serpent was lifted up by Moses
during the time of testing in the wilderness". This statue became the object of idolatry for hundreds of years until Hezekiah, the subject of "a young maiden with child" who "kept Gods commandments" and
did what is right in Gods eyes came and destroyed the serpent statue that God told Moses to make...
Here is the thing. If it was right to destroy the statue God told Moses to make then it was never right to turn to it for healing. The same applies to Jesus. It was never right to worship Jesus as God. Death is the only possible outcome if God is God. Why do you think Jesus kept warning his
sleeping disciples to stay awake and
pray to be spared 'the test" unless they were being tested?h
Jesus was and is not God. There never was and never will be a human being who was God or became God before during or after their human existence. This is the truth. You failed the test.
The "miracles" of Jesus were not supernatural demonstrations of Divine power over reality dufus. Raising the dead, cleansing lepers, curing the paralyzed, giving sight to the blind, etc., were as miraculous as if you, an asshole, suddenly realized that you have confused faith with obstinate stupidity, got out of your deathbed, crawled out of your grave, stood upright and walked like a man who reflects the image and likeness of a Holy (separate) God. Now that would be a miracle!
Thats the way the religious cookie crumbles. What then "believer"? Continue to be an asshole?