Who cares if Jesus "died for our sins"? Death wasn't a big deal to him.?

Question

In dying, he couldn't really be hurt as God/son of God. And if there's a heaven, he was just going home. So why do people give him credit for doing something that he would have wanted to do anyway?

This is a totally sincere question. Don't dismiss it thinking I'm just disrespecting Jesus.

mck_meg: Given your point, I have not seen it yet, though I DO want to.
But seriously, if I could be credited with saving the world - or even not credited but actually did it - I'd die in whatever way he did too. I mean, what's the big deal about that?

Anyway, I'm sure people in the Nazi camps were treated similarly in terms of physical and emotional pain... so forget about me, what kind of credit do they get?

Just wanted to add a thank you for everyone who is trying to explain it. I really am curious.

Answer 1

After he was crucified, He did not go to Heaven, He went to Hell. He had so much sin on Him from taking away all of our sins, that God could not look at Him. He was sent to Hell for three days and then He returned to Earth.

Answer 2

JESUS did want to die for our sins. However, he was in a human
body and did feel real pain. HE knew exactly what HE would go through and what pain HE would feel the night before in the garden of Gethsemane, when HE asked FATHER GOD to let the cup pass from HIM, but was still willing to do GOD's will over HIS own.
HE was beaten and whipped with 39 lashes. This was not an ordinary whip that was used. It is called a cat of nine tails (a whip with 9 ends, which had sharp objects like rock & metal or glass tied to the end) so that when it when it was drawn across human flesh, it ripped and dug into it, creating a bloody gouge. The next day HE was crucified, where large metal nails (similar to railroad spikes) were pounded into HIS hands and feet.
When HE was experiencing the most pain just before death, JESUS asked GOD, "why has thou forsaken ME"?
This had to occur for the forgivness of our sins, JESUS actually became sin on our behalf, so that sin could be removed from us.
You may want to see a movie, called "The Passion" by Mel Gibson. The movie portrays the real events that happened to JESUS and the pain that he felt during all these events.
I hope that this explanation helps you. May GOD Bless you.

Answer 3

Was Jesus hurt at the cross? yes and no. It depends on what you mean by hurt

In a sense, in the long run and ultimately he was helped not hurt since the ultimate glory far outweighed the pain. Like the book of Hebrews says that 'Jesus for the joy set before him endured the cross'

On the other hand, Jesus was vulnerable having taken on an additional but unfallen human nature in addition to his divine nature he had from eternity and in His humanness he could sweat drops of blood in the garden of Gethsemane being pushed to the very limit of what he could endure. He was abandoned by His friends, beat up, rejected by many, whipped, part of His beard pulled out and a crown of thorns pressed into his head which went without sleep all night before carrying the cross and being painfully executed.

He was patient, He thought of others first. He was concerned the disciples would not be arrested. He showed concern for His mom's care while He Himself was dying. He was the only calm one and the most in control at His trials.

He was great.

But in the end it matters because those who glorify God leaning on the work of Christ on the cross will enjoy God forever
Those who avoid the truth, scoff at it and minimize it can end up worse off than a homeless person, apart from God away from enjoyment of Him also forever.

It is a big deal
God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself, be reconciled to God
corinthians

Who cares, well I do and you should too

Answer 4

I asked my uncle (a pastor) that exact same question. He said that there are a few ideas as to the symbolism of Jesus's death. One, being that since God was establishing a new covenant, this was his way of putting that signature on it. The fact the Jesus went through such pain, and dealt with the people who loved him, and whom he loved, turning on him...that pain was the sacrifice, not Jesus's life. The act of dying in such a manner was a symbolic sacrifice more than anything...an act of love that was so great, all of humanity could look on it with great adoration.

He died to show us his love for us. That is the way I like to think about it, at least. I don't believe in the idea that without his death, we could not have been "saved". I mean, if God is all powerful, he creates those rules...so the rules can be changed to whatever. He just needed to send us a sign of his absolute love, one that we could all understand. Sacrifice is a huge part of absolute love.

Answer 5

HERE IS YOUR ANSWER-- PROMISE!--- OK, A lot of the more "traditional" christian religions focus on the death of Jesus as the way that he repented for the worlds sins. Hence, your crosses and and crucifixes. If one actually reads the Bible (and not a study version) you will learn about the Atonement.

The night before Jesus was taken to be put on trial and then crucified, he went into the Garden of Gethsemane (forgive spelling, please) and THAT is where he SUFFERED for our sins. In the garden, Jesus litterally bled from every pore of his body, signifying the absolute pain and torment of knowing of every sin that the world had and is going to commit. This is where Jesus did what "he came here to do," excusing my laymans terms. By dying on the cross, he completed this cycle of atonement. Death was still a big deal to him. Jesus was human and he could most definitely feel pain. (Let me say here that I do no believe in the holy trinity) Just because he was God's Son didn't mean he could not feel the pain of death. Yes, him dying shows his endless love for us, but he came here to suffer for our sins and even more so, suffer our sins in the most litteral of senses, and this is why I am thankful for Jesus. :-)

Answer 6

I truly wonder how sincere you could be, if you are even asking such a thing. Nonetheless, He definitley felt the pain. Even though He is the Son of God, he was born into a human body. He ate, he slept, he cried. So why would you think that he was unable to feel pain in the human body? Do you think people who are persecuted and tortured because the live for Him don't feel any pain, just because they know they're going home to God? His flesh was beaten, and bloodied. Trust me, it hurt. There had to be pain in the sacrifice; a sacrifice could not be called a sacrifice unless there was pain involved.

Answer 7

He was still a human, it still hurt him terribly,we have no idea the kind've suffering he went through, it was the most brutal death, beyond imaginable. Yes, he of course wanted to go home to his father, but realistically, to know that you would be beat, your skin torn, your arms pierced and made to hold up your weight for hours or be suffocated, your own blood spilling into your eyes because thorns were shoved into you, for the people that you were doing all this for to be spitting and jeering at you, to have your own father turn from you(because that's exactly what God did, he had to treat him like he was all the sin we commit), to know that thousands of years later people would doubt him, and try to keep his name unspoken, to know that at any second he could've stopped, said I quit, let them die. Yeah he did a lot. He asked if there were any way that it didn't have to be, but he did anyway. Check out the Passion, then see if you still think it's something that anyone would want to do

Answer 8

Christ suffered before he died. He went through the agony in the Garden of Gethsemani. He went through a Roman scourging. All of His friends and disciples abandoned Him as he was mocked in front of the entire city of Jerusalem. After being beaten (likely within an inch of His life; Roman scourgings were the worst punishment before death), Christ was forced to carry the cross He would be crucified on for miles.

He was nailed to the cross (painful) and hung there for hours. He died of asphyxiation, (He could not exhale and choked on His own breath) a particularly slow and painful way to die. Oh and all this time His teachings were being thrown in His face. He also resisted incredible temptation to just "summon an army of angels" to take Him off the cross.

Those three days between Jesus's death and resurrection were spent in hell freeing those that were unjustly imprisoned there. Resurrection or not, it takes some guts to go through that.

Answer 9

No, no, no! You've got it all wrong. I know your sincere and stuff but death WAS a big deal to Him! remember before He got captured or whatever you want to call it, He prayed to God SO INCREDIBALLY HARD that he beads of sweat were rolling down His forehead? He prayed for like an hour! He said to God "If there is ANY OTHER WAY let it happen" well not those EXACT words, but He didn't want to die! and He was as human as us (minus the sins) He had to drink and eat and He could feel, too! of course it hurt. how would you like to have nails pounded into your wrists and feet? OUCH!

yeah it hurt! and there IS a Heaven. Don't doubt God. and He died for you and me.

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Answer 10

He replaced into totally human and totally divine. He replaced into not a demi-god. Now, did you understand a few thing about the torture of the day and crucifixion? It replaced into between the most painful deaths that existed on the time. That, in itself, will be a quite huge deal. He knew precisely how painful it will be yet did it besides for you. in case you've been the in straightforward words one to ever exist, he would have nonetheless lengthy previous through with it. i imagine it really is a quite huge deal to be loved a lot.

Answer 11

Your question is certainly valid and the answer is not an easy one… so here goes:

Jesus Christ resembled man in everything, except for sin. This means that Jesus felt hunger, pain, sadness… everything that you and I as humans feel. And, you are absolutely right… it would kind of seem meaningless to us if He made Himself immune to any type of pain… or if dying was somehow an easy task…but guess what? God allowed his only begotten Son to endure an extreme amount of pain and suffering when He died on the cross. And, that really shows how much God loves His children.

Actually, in addition to the physical and emotional pain and suffering of being whipped, beaten, mocked, and nailed to a wooden cross, He also accepted to be a “sacrifice” for our sins. He literally bore all the sins of the world while being killed, even though He was innocent. I myself don’t fully understand what bearing the sins of the world actually consisted of, (and I don’t think any human could possibly understand that) but I believe that it was a very painful process and a job that no human could fulfill but Jesus Christ.

How come??? Why was no other person qualified to serve as a sacrifice but God’s only begotten son?

Let’s back up a little bit to a long time ago, before Jesus Christ was even born…

1) As you may or may not already know, in the Old Testament, forgiveness of sins was attained by killing a spotless, perfect lamb and offering the small, innocent animal to God as a sacrifice. The sinner would lay his hands on the animal, and God would forgive the person’s sins upon accepting the sacrifice. (The whole process is more complicated than that, but you get the jist of it.)

2) Also, during the Passover, God’s people were saved from the tenth plague (the slaying of all the firstborn of Egypt) by painting the blood of an innocent lamb in the shape of a Cross on their door post. Why??? By doing this, payment had been made for his sins. The blood of an innocent substitute had been shed for him. God's justice had been satisfied. The Passover Lamb bore the wrath of God so that God’s people wouldn’t have to.

(Hang tight… keep reading…it’s all coming together here in just a moment!)

Now…The Tanach (Jewish Bible – written before Jesus Christ was born) tells us that the Messiah would be “as a LAMB” led to the slaughter. It also tells us that by His shed blood (His stripes) we, who believe, are healed.

“He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.

But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a LAMB to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.” (Isaiah 53:3-7)

JESUS CHRIST IS OUR LAMB! He is the perfect sacrifice – spotless and perfect, just like the lamb of the Old Testament. That’s why we don’t have to sacrifice a lamb when we want forgiveness of sins because Jesus already did that for us!! He also fulfilled all of the prophecies in doing this. He is the only one who could have done this for us, and God accepted His son as a sacrifice.

We as humans cannot fully comprehend what Jesus felt that day or why He did what He did, nor should we try to… and in the end, no matter how much we may try to understand it, we will always need a certain degree of faith.