Why was Jesus crucified?

The crucifixion of Jesus is the primary event of the Christian faith. It is the most significant single event in the history of our lives. It is the moment when God became incarnate, when God made himself known in flesh and blood as the Son of God—the one and only Son of the living God.

Why was Jesus born?

As the Son of God, Jesus was the image of the invisible God (Colossians 1:15, Hebrews 1:3). He came to earth as a human being to demonstrate what it means to be fully God and fully man. He lived a perfect life, perfect in the sense of being sinless and without spot or blemish. While He did not have a sinless beginning, He did not sin from the time of His creation. The life of Jesus didn’t

Why was Jesus sent to die?

The Pharisees, the religious authorities of their time, were looking for ways to entangle Jesus in their web of religious law. They had questions about the meaning of the Law. Jesus’ answers to these questions were not to their liking. They saw Jesus as a threat to the established order and the security of their religious traditions. The Pharisees believed that God had given them the authority to interpret the Law; Jesus disagreed. While the Pharisees were focused on the letter of the

Why was Jesus crucified in the east?

The crucifixion of Jesus was part of a Jewish religious holiday known as Passover. On the night before the Jewish holiday, Jews gathered in Jerusalem to watch the lamb sacrifice that represented the deliverance of the Hebrews from slavery in Egypt. The practice of killing a lamb on the actual day of Passover was thought to show that God had chosen the Israelites as his chosen people, just as the lamb was able to escape the slaughter in the wilderness.

Why was Jesus crucified in the garden?

The answer to this question is very simple: to satisfy God’s demands for total obedience. In the words of the prophet Isaiah, “He was cut off from the land of the living for the sake of the transgressions He had committed, for the transgression of my people. He made the whole earth shake; He made the nations tremble.” (Isaiah 53:8-9 NLT) In the original Hebrew, the word ‘transgression’ means