Before Christ birth, there were a few sages walking on Earth. The 3 wise men ? How did they know that the savior is coming ? We don't know.
Who had said or spread those rumours and made many people to worship other gods as the ultimate gods or saviors, we can only speculate the devils were already there to cause confusion to men's minds. Remember how the devils were thrown down from heaven in ancient time before Christ ? In the present situation, the devil is your system administrator and he can control your mind. The Spirit is of God which it can go against it.
Jesus was sad that he was going to die. And He rebuked Peter for comforting Him ? Isn't that funny ? No. Peter's will is of the flesh and not of the Spirit. The words were opposite or opposing.
For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.
Even the Chinese deities have similar traits. Saints or "xian" (mortals) cannot marry "fan ren" or mortals. This is especially true in our church. For light and darkness do not mix.