Could Jesus have chosen not to die on the Cross?

Now that’s an unthinkable idea. That was the exact purpose for which Jesus came. Why would he choose to depart from his purpose? Maybe that question itself is invalid.
When Jesus was praying in the garden of Gethsemane, he prayed a very disturbing prayer: “Father, may this cup pass from me (Matthew 26:36-44). He repeated this prayer three times but each time, he differed to the father’s will.
I am struck with two thoughts regarding this prayer. First, could Jesus have had another will apart from his Father’s will? That would be contradictory to the divine Trinity. But since humanity and divinity were merged in Jesus, this apparent contradiction would be possible.
Second, if Jesus were to choose not to die on the cross, all of humanity would have been eternally lost. We all would have been eternally lost. We all would have been eternally doomed without the option of receiving forgiveness of sin and and an eternity in heaven.
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