Mark 14:30 And Jesus saith unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this day, even in this night, before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice. 31 But he spoke the more vehemently, If I should die with thee, I will not deny thee in any wise.
Peter denied Christ and the cock crew in accordance with the predictions, even though the human agent had ample opportunity to do otherwise. In fact, God would have loved it if in response to His predictions, Peter would watch and pray, to avoid making such a terrible mistake. And, if Peter had chosen to believe, and act upon Christ’s warning, God would have had no problem whatsoever, with Christ’s word not coming true, because at the end of the day, Christ died to save people, not prophecy.
The word “Vehemently” in the above verse, tells us that Peter became upset at Christ’s prediction, and as the story goes Peter then went on to fulfill it with unerring accuracy. No force was used, no coercion on either Peter or the chicken in question, but all fulfilled God’s word to the letter.
The same was true of Judas, for in His omniscience, God had foreseen that Judas would betray Jesus on that fateful night. When Jesus made the revelation to Judas, He was simply repeating what David had written of Judas, several centuries before. God did not force Judas to do what He did, instead God gave him opportunity to do differently if he would repent and relinquish his diabolical plans.
Psalms 41: 9 Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.
May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!