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>strange theology
Not exactly, considering that in his Letter to the Hebrews St. Paul writes that
>Jesus, the author and finisher of faith, who having joy set before him, endured the cross, despising the shame, and now sitteth on the right hand of the throne of God." (Hebrews 12:1 DRC)
The "shame," in this instance, is the shame inherent in a device intended for the public humiliation and torture of the subjects of its use.
In the case of Christ Jesus, who had already meditated upon the events of His passion in the Garden prior to his capture by the Romans, he instead found great inspiration in the cross that was thrust upon him at the initiating point of his procession therewith. Such an attitude is fitting for the simultaneously Divine and mortal Christ, who would use the altar of Calvary as the redeeming altar for mankind and open the gates of Heaven to all generations of God's righteous.
Analyzing the Passion of our Christ in conjunction with the glory of his Second Advent on the Day of Judgement, St. Cyril of Jerusalem confirms the latter in writing the following.
>We do not preach only one coming of Christ, but a second as well, much more glorious than the first. The first coming was marked by patience; the second will bring the crown of a divine kingdom.
In general, whatever relates to our Lord Jesus Christ has two aspects. There is a birth from God before the ages, and a birth from a virgin at the fullness of time. There is a hidden coming, like that of rain on fleece, and a coming before all eyes, still in the future.