The cruciFICTION?

Question

According to christianity, the purpose of Jesus' life was to come die for our sins (also to teach us a thing or two).

So my question is this:
Why did he came back to life? What would be the point of his sacrifice then be?

Christianity like to proclaim that Jesus was the last sacrifice. The previous sacrifices(lambs and doves) didn't come back to life.

How would Jesus have been laying down his life if he knew he was gona come back to the living?

I am a "christian" BTW.

Answer 1

Jesus' purpose was to bring us a message from our creators. There is some truth to the teachings of the Christian church but a lot of it has been distorted. A lot of Christianity's beliefs were predicated upon the teachings of St.Paul.
Saul of Tarsus (St. Paul) was commissioned with the onerous task of 'selling' the concept of Christianity so Christ's 'Gospel' message would remain alive and valid until the time of the Apocalypse when we would all be in a position to understand the mystery behind it all.
Upon following Paul's lead, the Church's initial elders, in their limited wisdom, did an excellent job of attempting to explain away the bizarre events that took place at that time. Although somewhat embellished, the story surrounding Christ's dilemma had to remain alive until today.
In order to ensure this would happen, something very dramatic had to occur in order to impress the citizens of that day that this 'Christ' person was worthy of note.
One effective way of ensuring that Christ's message would remain alive, would be to undertake the performance of a 'miracle'. Therefore, what better solution was there to have him die and then be brought back to life? The primitive superstitious minds of that day would, undoubtedly, have been overwhelmed by such an event and predictably carried its phenomenal story forward for a long time.
Although he wasn't too excited about it, Jesus knew this particular event had to take place in order to ensure the continuance of its legacy for years to come.
The newly revealed 'Judas Gospels' describes well how Judas, who was Christ's confidant, was asked by him to undertake his 'deed' of betrayal in order to ensure that the prophesy of the Old Testament scriptures be fulfilled.
And, the Nazarene knew before his impending death that he was to be 'recreated' afterwards under the aegis of his 'Father' in order to complete the biblical prophesy as described.

Answer 2

CruciFICTION, is a great play on the word.
I think there is only one script that refers to the resurrecton and it is considered to be a fake as it is different in style to the other scripture it is associated with.
I'll come back with more information on this and a reference for you.


(Bart Ehrman, "Misquoting Jesus)
The Gospel of John.

"Thought to be the last written of the four Gospels that form the narrative of Christ's life, death and resurrection, it forms a cornerstone of the Christian faith. The problem is that it is distinctly different from the other three Gospels."

"-- in this Gospel, Jesus isn't born in Bethlehem, he doesn't tell any parables, he never casts out a demon, there's no last supper. "None of that is found in John!" The crucifixion stories are different -- in Mark, Jesus is terrified on the cross; in John, he's perfectly composed. Key dates are different. The resurrection stories are different."

"In Matthew, Mark and Luke, you find no trace of Jesus being divine," he says, "In John, you do." In the other three books, it takes the disciples nearly half of Christ's ministry to learn who he is. John says no, no, everyone knew it from the beginning."

"You shouldn't think something just because you believe it. You need reasons. That applies to religion. That applies to politics . . . just because your parents believe something isn't good enough."

Answer 3

Jesus did die for us to be our sacrifice for our sins, but the reason behind Him rising from the dead was to show us that He was God. There are people who could die for others, but without the Resurrection, it's all for nothing because the validity of the person is destroyed.

He died and rose from the dead to show us that He conquered death and that if we follow Him we can escape death as well and have eternal life.

Answer 4

Jesus? Use your brain for just a few seconds.


If Jesus died, he could NOT have been God.

Do Gods die? Do they?

If Jesus 'died' on Friday and 'undied' on Sunday, what else besides a few hours was sacrificed?

What's the BIG deal?

David Blaine can almost do that.


Why be a Christian who has to accept this type of thinking?

Answer 5

You sad person, you must have been born a Christian but somehow grew up not knowing much about your faith.

He died for our Sins. He came back (resurrected) in fulfillment of the Scriptures and gave us the Holy Spirit as our Guide.

Worded simply but not in the most accurate of interpretations - I leave it to the other guys to expand on it.

Answer 6

if you beleve in jesus

in the Holy Quran God said:-


4. The Women

156.
That they rejected Faith; that they uttered against Mary a grave false charge;
وَبِكُفْرِهِمْ وَقَوْلِهِمْ عَلَى مَرْيَمَ بُهْتَانًا عَظِيمًا

157.
That they said (in boast), "We killed Christ Jesus the son of Mary, the Messenger of Allah.;- but they killed him not, nor crucified him, but so it was made to appear to them, and those who differ therein are full of doubts, with no (certain) knowledge, but only conjecture to follow, for of a surety they killed him not:-
وَقَوْلِهِمْ إِنَّا قَتَلْنَا الْمَسِيحَ عِيسَى ابْنَ مَرْيَمَ رَسُولَ اللّهِ وَمَا قَتَلُوهُ وَمَا صَلَبُوهُ وَلَـكِن شُبِّهَ لَهُمْ وَإِنَّ الَّذِينَ اخْتَلَفُواْ فِيهِ لَفِي شَكٍّ مِّنْهُ مَا لَهُم بِهِ مِنْ عِلْمٍ إِلاَّ اتِّبَاعَ الظَّنِّ وَمَا قَتَلُوهُ يَقِينًا

158.
Nay, Allah raised him up unto Himself; and Allah is Exalted in Power, Wise;-
بَل رَّفَعَهُ اللّهُ إِلَيْهِ وَكَانَ اللّهُ عَزِيزًا حَكِيمًا

159.
And there is none of the People of the Book but must believe in him before his death; and on the Day of Judgment he will be a witness against them;-
وَإِن مِّنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ إِلاَّ لَيُؤْمِنَنَّ بِهِ قَبْلَ مَوْتِهِ وَيَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ يَكُونُ عَلَيْهِمْ شَهِيدًا

160.
For the iniquity of the Jews We made unlawful for them certain (foods) good and wholesome which had been lawful for them;- in that they hindered many from Allah.s Way;-
فَبِظُلْمٍ مِّنَ الَّذِينَ هَادُواْ حَرَّمْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ طَيِّبَاتٍ أُحِلَّتْ لَهُمْ وَبِصَدِّهِمْ عَن سَبِيلِ اللّهِ كَثِيراً

Answer 7

If I borrow $15.00 from you, how much do I owe you? What is my debt to you? Five dollars? Fifty cents? Five thousand dollars? To get the debt paid, I must first know the amount of that debt, right?

You are right in that there was purpose to Jesus' being born on earth as a man. His dying for man is a little more involved. Jesus' sacrificial death was to buy back what Adam lost. So then, what did Adam lose? Simply put, Adam lost for himself, and consequently for us, the opportunity to live on earth eternally in perfection without sickness or death. This is what Jesus bought back by his sacrifice. It is sin that brings upon us sickness and eventually death. As a perfect man who had never sinned, Jesus actually could live on earth eternally in perfection without sickness or death. His sacrifice met God's perfect justice and bought back this opportunity for us. This is the key, this is the point of his sacrifice: he bought back what Adam lost: the opportunity to live as a perfect HUMAN eternally without sickness or death. Jesus did not lay down his right to live - he laid down his perfect HUMAN life - no more, no less. It was a sacrifice because never again will Jesus live as a human. He was not resurrected as a human - he was resurrected as a spirit and it is as a spirit person that he returned to heaven. Do we get the sense of this? He lived in heaven as a spirit creature before being born as a human. He did not sacrifice his right to live as a spirit creature in heaven - that was not what Adam lost. Jesus was born a perfect human on earth and sacrificed his HUMAN life. So when we read in the Hebrew scriptures about eye for eye, foot for foot, life for life - this is what God means - balancing the scales of justice. That is why the animal sacrifices could not cover sins - animals are inferior to us. What was needed was a perfect human life to balance the scales of justice, to buy back what Adam lost - a perfect human life.

That is the point of his sacrifice: to buy back what Adam lost. What did Adam lose? Did Adam live in heaven? No. Was Adam half man half God? No. Fully man and fully God? No. Adam was a perfect human living in an earthly paradise. Obedience would have given him the ability to have this forever. This is what he lost. This is what Christ bought back with his sacrifice.

Answer 8

Jesus had to shed his blood in order for us to be forgiven. Paul says the flesh is week and we have to die of it daily. The bible also says the grave could not hold him.Because Jesus is God he has to go back to heaven. It was not Jesus dieing, but his flesh.
You have to member he clothed himself in flesh and went through all that torture just so you could make Heaven. Would you do that for someone? He knew he had to to save us.

Michelle

Answer 9

I'm not a religious man myself but it think it means that he cannot come back to Earth again. Remember that the general idea is that after death you don't die really you just go to heaven or to hell so he went back to heaven. Otherwise it doesn't make sense.

Answer 10

Only the body died,and that was then transformed so that it did not rot.Christ is the word of God and can not die.The debt for disobedience required the blood of man,but because no man is without sin God sent his word in human form to pay the price for us.