what is the significance of Jesus' death?

Question

In a small out post of the great Roman Empire, a civilised educated and technologically advanced empire, a man allegedly died on a cross for my sins. He then came back to life, and thus was not sacrificed at all. What is the significance of these events 2000 years ago? Why do they shape the lives of so many Americans?

Answer 1

The Man you are referring to I assume is Jesus Christ. He tasted death for all men, went down into the grave to release those being held prisoner (i.e. those who died looking forward to His coming), and rose from the dead to lead all those who would believe in Him to everlasting life. Seems pretty darned important to me.....

Answer 2

The significance of these events is only understood when you look at the history of man in total. Man is prone to fail, and this provided us a way out from having to go to Hell.

Common sense tells us that everything that we know of had to have a beginning, and science backs this up. To have been created, it had to have a Creator, who must also be beyond anything we can conceive of.

The Bible is used as a historical document for many archaeologists, and has been proven correct time and time again. This leads us to believe that this Creator, whom we call God, was perfect and just.

Given that, man could only enter God's domain (Heaven) if he also was perfect. We know that this is impossible, as this is proven in each of our lives time and time again.

However, the Creator is a singular-plural entity, consisting of three persons but only one essence. As one of the primary attributes of God is Omniscience, it means they all know what each is thinking, and thus act in one essence.

God the Son (Jesus) came down to Earth to take our place on the cross at Golgotha. By doing this and leading a sinless life, he fulfilled our requirement to enter Heaven.

Note that the word Son there is not implying that he was born. In the Aramaic, it could also be interpreted as Heir. The word Son is simply a moniker with which we can understand him easier.

Answer 3

Jesus was sacrificed for all of our sins that if by us choosing to follow the Lord and give our lives to God, we will be forgiven of all of our sins, past, present and future and that we may have life more abundantly.

Its not only America but the whole world. God is not biased, God loves us all. So we are given a chance each one of us to either choose life or death.

So that when the endtime comes no-one can say they never had the chance to accept Christ Jesus into their lives.

Answer 4

Since there are oodles of "crucified saviors' legends throughout history before the Jesus myth, to think this one happened like it did is silly. Those with weapons who inflicted their belief system all over the world beliieved it though and that's why it is in America. I'm sure all those 'godly' people prayed to god though as they murdered the original inhabitants so they could take their land.

Answer 5

Jehovah God created the first human pair perfect,placed them in a beautiful garden paradise,and told them to be fruitful and fill the earth and subdue it.
So God's purpose was for man to live forever as a perfect creation on a paradise earth.
Due to Adam and Eve's disobedience and subsequent sin as a result of that disobedience,they lost all that for mankind.As a result we all get sick,age and eventually die.
However God's purpose had not changed and in order to remedy the situation,he allowed his only begotten Son to come to earth as a perfect man to offer up that perfect human life as a ransom sacrifice to buy back what Adam had lost.The scales of justice had to be balanced,so to speak.
John 3:16-"For God loved the world so much,that he gave his only begotten Son,in order that everyone exercising faith in him,might not be destroyed but have everlasting life."
After Jesus' resurrection he appeared in different bodies.Many mistook him for the gardner(Joh.20:14,15).He again appeared,entering a room with locked doors having a body with wound marks.(Joh.20:24-29).Jesus being resurrected as a spirit(1 Pet.3:18) could materialise a body for the occasion as the angels did in past times,when they appeared as messengers(Gen.18:2,19:1,12)
Jesus' death and our faith in that ransom sacrifice is our means to salvation. as John 17:3 points out -"This means everlasting life,their taking in knowledge of you,the only true God,and of the one whom you sent forth,Jesus Christ."So we need to learn about God's provision for salvation throught Jesus Christ..Then we must exercise faith in the ransom.(Act.3:19).
Christ's death has shaped and continues to shape the lives of not only Americans but faithful worshippers worldwide.

Answer 6

All that never happened. Just a story.

Answer 7

he became sin who knew no sin so that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.

Answer 8

The Real Need for Forgiveness
God hates sin; He cannot stand to look at its ugliness. Therefore, unconfessed sin in our lives comes between us and damages our relationship with the Lord.

Not only does unforgiveness come between us and God, it also breaks our relationships with others.

The Requirements for Forgiveness
Because God hates sin, the price for forgiveness is high. Scripture gives the following requirements for forgiveness:

Sacrifice. Hebrews 9:22 says that "without the shedding of Blood, there is no forgiveness." In the Old Testament, a sacrifice of an unblemished lamb was required to satisfy God's wrath. Jesus, the sinless Son of God, died on the cross and became the ultimate sacrifice for sin. Jesus bought our forgiveness when he died on the cross.

"For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God." (1 Peter 3:18a)

"In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's grace." (Ephesians 1:7)

Forgiveness of others. Another requirement for forgiveness of sins in that we forgive others. 1 Corinthians 13:5 says that "real love keeps no record of wrongs." Remember that Proverbs 17:9 tells us that a real friend will forgive. God has also made forgiving others a requirement for receiving His forgiveness.

"For if you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins." (Matthew 6:14,15)

"Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ, God forgave you." (Ephesians 4:32)

Confession of sin. We must admit our sins to God if our relationship with Him is to be restored completely. Looking back at the real need for forgiveness, we see that unconfessed sin can separate us in our relationship with God. Confession is the way to restore that relationship with the Lord, remembering that it is for our own benefit that we confess to return to the Lord because He is faithful even when we are not (2 Timothy 2:13).

"If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness." (1 John 1:9)

Repentance. We must decide to change, to turn from our sins.

"Therefore this is what the Lord says, 'If you repent, I will restore you that you may serve me.'" (Jeremiah 15:19a)

The Results of Forgiveness
The Bible promises the following benefits of God's forgiveness:

Happiness. When we know God's forgiveness, we are blessed (happy).

"Blessed (happy) is he whose transgressions are forgiven, who sins are covered. Blessed (happy) is the man whose sin the Lord doesn't count against him and in whose spirit is no deceit." (Psalm 32:1,2)

God chooses not to hold our sins against us. Another result of forgiveness is that God doesn't keep a record of our sins, He does not hold them against us. Because the blood of Christ covered our sins, God chooses to put them out of His mind.

"I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions, for my own sake, and remembers your sins no more." (Isaiah 43:25)

God removes our sin from us. "It is possible for the Lord to look at us without seeing our sins because when he forgave us, he removed our sins as far as the east is from the west" (Psalm 103:12)

We can forgive ourselves. When we are forgiven, we can forgive ourselves and go on with our lives.

Answer 9

good question