I wouldn’t say the explanation is off the mark, but rather, it's grounded in a long-standing Christian view that the cross wasn’t just a reaction to rejection- it was God's redemptive plan from the beginning. Jesus didn’t go to the cross reluctantly, He chose it, knowing what it would accomplish. The cross wasn’t the result of failure, it was the means of victory.
I wouldn’t say the explanation is off the mark, but rather, it's grounded in a long-standing Christian view that the cross wasn’t just a reaction to rejection- it was God's redemptive plan from the beginning. Jesus didn’t go to the cross reluctantly, He chose it, knowing what it would accomplish. The cross wasn’t the result of failure, it was the means of victory.