Jesus had to know early in His life that

God's plan for Him was in the scriptures.

The word reveals that He studied them

carefully. Even His continual speaking

of Moses and the prophets, what they

had said and had written was of great

importance to Him.

He knew what Isreal was expecting in

their Messiah 'an earthly king who would

lead them in this world' but that was not

what His Father had in mind.

His Father saw a world that was lost and

perishing needing a way back to himself.