Jesus, who is God, took the form of a man to take away the sins of Christians. John 3:16 says; "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." Jesus claimed to be Lord, and was Lord. He was the ultimate sacrifice, for our sins and was needed to fulfill the law. Jesus did many things while being on earth two of the most important ones to Christians are him dying for our sins {Mat 27:1} and him resurrecting from the dead. {Mat 27:53}.
Jesus dying on the cross was to be the ultimate sacrifice for the ones who believed in him. 1 Peter 3:18 says; "For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive by the Spirit,." Jesus came to earth, lived on the earth, as man. Jesus loved the world so much that he sacrificed himself for us. In the Old Testament "Prior to Jesus' coming" They would have to sacrifice Animals for Atonement {Lev. 5:18}. Jesus came to be the ultimate sacrifice, without Jesus we would have no atonement, nor could we enter the kingdom of God {John 14:6} without Jesus we could not see the father. Jesus claimed that at his death the temple veil will be torn in two and it did.{Mark 15:38} the temple would be rebuilt at the point of his resurrection{John 2:20}
The Resurrection happened three days after Jesus' death. Jesus told the disciples that he would rise after three days. Mark 8:31 says; "He then began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests and teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and after three days rise again. "The resurrection is a key part of Christianity. If he hadn't risen from the dead. He would have been a liar and wouldn't have been any different from any other religious leaders. Jesus came back to earth in his glorified body and was unrecognizable by his disciples{J
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