What's the big deal about Jesus dying on the cross?
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Because He didn't have to do it.  He could have gone on living in heaven.  He never had to feel an ounce of pain.  Ever.  He never had to be a needy, dependent infant.  He never had to submit to earthly parents.  He never had to feel the pain of being betrayed by friends, plotted against by enemies, beaten by the government and crucified by the very human race He created.  \n\nWe die, in various ways, because of sin in the world.  Sin we have all committed and sin that we have no remedy for without Jesus. \n\nI think it's really brave when our military fights and risks their lives on our behalf. No question.\n\nWhat they don't have to do is fight Satan when they die.  Jesus lived a painful life He didn't have to live.  He could have stayed right in heaven and not bothered.\n\nHe lived a sinless life.  No one else has ever done that.\n\nHe chose to submit to a death He could have prevented, in order to be a sacrifice for our sins.  It wasn't a hero's death, it was the shameful death of a common criminal.\n\nOnce He died, He did what no mortal person could do, He conquered death.  He made heaven available for us.
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The Koran says Jesus didn't die on the cross:\n\nAnd their saying: Surely we have killed the Messiah, Isa son of Marium, the messenger of Allah; and they did not kill him nor did they crucify him, but it appeared to them so (like Isa) and most surely those who differ therein are only in a doubt about it; they have no knowledge respecting it, but only follow a conjecture, and they killed him not for sure. Nay! Allah took him up to Himself; and Allah is Mighty, Wise. Qur'an, 4:157-158\n\nBut there are other passages that suggest he died later on earth instead of ascending to Heaven. What doesn't make sense is that God himself would put someone on the cross who looked like Jesus in order to fool the Jewish leaders. Why not just save Jesus. Why did someone have to die. Can't the Christians blame Allah for following Jesus if this story is true?
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Jesus did it all when He said upon the cross " It is Finished " He was referring to the salvation of humankind from eternal damnation from hell ( the thief crucified with Him, probably did evil things during his lifetime, but he accepted Christ before his death and Jesus promised him Paradise). \n\nSo,all you have to do is accept Jesus as your Lord and saviour. His death is the ultimate sacrifice to appease God's anger toward mankind's sins. The act of goodwill, kindness, and charity towards your fellowmen is just a gratitude and appreciation for God's sacrifice.
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it's a book which you can read - by Dan Brown.\n\nAnyway the basic plot:\njesus didn't really die, he married Mary Magdalene and went to France with her, where they had kids. His descendants still live on and this is a big ass secret from the world. Christianity itself is a big scam. The End.\n\nThe Controversy:\nduh. The church obviously doesn't like this plotline, as the basis of christianity is that jesus died on the cross and was not a regular man but a son of god.\n\nThat's it.
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here's the most important thing you need to know: he is forgiving and he sent his Son to die on the cross for your sins. all that you have to do to get to heaven is by getting saved and the way that you get saved is if you believe that Jesus died on the cross from your sins, rose on the third day, and then you have to confess to God in prayer that you are a sinner and that you believe He died on the cross for your sins and ask for His forgiveness on your sins and it is THAT simple, salvation is a free gift, we can't earn it. I am a baptist who believes (let me rephrase that, I KNOW) that this stuff I said is true. Dont be shy to contact me on this by going to my profile.
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Historically, yes Jesus spread a message of love and peace, whether it was of god's love is debatable (I know I probably pissing of a lot of Christians right now, but I really don't care). Jesus never wanted to be "the son of god" or "a messiah" all he wanted to do was spread love, peace and goodness to those he knew; so what happened to him? He was crucified. What the hell kind of message is that? If I were a Christian I would be ashamed to believe in a religion where being peaceful and spreading love ended in death; and if Jesus could actually see how Christians have misinterpreted his intentions than I'm sure he would hang his head in shame as well.
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Acually jesus was put to death on a torture stake.\n\nThe book The Non-Christian Cross, by John Denham Parsons, states: “There is not a single sentence in any of the numerous writings forming the New Testament, which, in the original Greek, bears even indirect evidence to the effect that the stauros (stake) used in the case of Jesus was other than an ordinary stauros; much less to the effect that it consisted, not of one piece of timber, but of two pieces nailed together in the form of a cross.
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People didnt die right away, it was painful and they were nailed to a cross and left hanging bleeding to death, thats why people say he died after they crucified him.
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Your argument doesn't hold water. For it to be a good argument all the facts need to be true and provable. Jesus wasn't even killed on a cross he was hung.And almost nothing else you said is provable.
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There are so many controversies regarding the actual life of Jesus, or lack thereof, because no one really knows what happened.  There is an extreme lack of physical evidence regarding his life.  The Bible wasn't written during his life, so even that's not a direct source.  You could set your life's work to prove any given controversy about Jesus and perhaps make some headway.  So in answer to your question, no one knows.
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"NICKNAME", who are you?  That is really wrong!  Crosses are not pagan in the least!  They are not idols, they are ways of remembering the amazing thing that Christ did for us.  And Christ DID die on a cross.  Where'd you come up with stake from?  Read your Bible and do your research!  Goodness!  I've never heard such a thing before as "Jesus died on a stake"!  That's rubbish.  I'm sorry if I sound rude, I'm just in a stressful mood.  But I mean what I say.  If anyone wants to talk to me about Christianity, feel free.  My email is earthtoblondes@yahoo.com  Give me an email if you have any questions/comments!  I hope to help everyone I know to become a Christian, and I'd like to help you too!
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You are absolutely right, Jesus did not die on a cross, the King James Bible says he died on a:\n\nActs 5:30  The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree.\n\nActs 10:39  And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew and hanged on a tree:\n\nActs 13:29  And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a sepulchre.
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Jesus did not die naked on the cross, he also did not deserve to be crucified.  Jesus was the one and only human being that lived absolutely, positively perfect.  Completely sin free.  It was tradition to break the legs of the people crucified to hurry the death.  They did not do that to him either.  Neither the humiliation of nakedness, nor the breaking of the legs was tolerated by God, therefore it did not happen.
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God loved the world so much that He sent his son to die for you.  Jesus died so the world could be saved.  Jesus then proved His divinity when He rose from the dead.
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The cross is not an appropriate symbol for christianity. This is not in any way devaluing what happenned on the cross, it's just that Jesus didn't stay on the cross. The romans put him in a grave, but He got up!\n\nToo many people are stuck at the cross of repentance, when there is a resurrection and new life awaiting them.
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Jesus went through what is called agony, this word comes from the Greek and Latin as `Agonia` which literally means a contest or battle between two combatants, so Jesus had a titanic struggle with satan in the garden of olives, which was so intense that He sweated profusely and mingled with His sweat was blood.\nmedical evidence knows that this is an actual occurrence that happens to a person under enormous stress,the tiny capillaries just under the skin burst and blood is then mixed in the perspiration of the sufferer.\nyou can imagine how cruelly the evil one taunted Jesus, you cannot save the world and all this is for nothing etc, and on top of all this extreme mental anguish was the knowledge that there would be those that would refuse His sacrifice and be lost.\nof course there was much,much more to the agony of Christ than this,but I do not think that He was too concerned about the Roman method of breaking the legs of the crucified, we are told in the Gospels that Jesus gave up His spirit at the  appointed time and therefore died before the Romans could do this.
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He is my Lord and Savior.  He is my best friend.  He died for me to save me of my sins so that I can live in eternity with Him and His Father.  I would have no love in my heart without Him living in my heart.  He's my comfort in the midst of this horrible, ugly world.  Without Jesus, I wouldn't have the assurance of eternal life, with Him I'm assured that.  Also, I know that the friends and family who passed away before me, who believed in Jesus, will also spend eternity with me and that helps me cope with death.  When I'm hurting, angry, tempted (which is often), confused, I know that I can lay all of that at the foot of His cross and He'll bear all of the pain for me.....and I know that to be true because I experience it everyday of my life!