How do we understand Jesus Christs death and resurrection?
Jesus Christ suffered death and was raised again for us, so that we might live for him. The Bible uses various expressions for this, of which the following are a few examples: He gave his life to redeem all people (Mark 10:45, Isaiah 53) He is compared with the Passover Lamb, sacrificed as a sign of God’s freeing his people (1 Corinthians 6:7, Exodus 12) He is also compared with the Lamb sacrificed on the Day of Atonement (1 John 2:2, Revelation 5, Romans 5:6 – 11) Being joined to Christ is described as a new creation (2 Corinthians 5:14 – 18) By his death and resurrection Christ has defeated the powers of evil. (Colossians 2:11 – 15) None of these is complete by itself: together they point to the fact that through the cross God acted decisively on behalf of the world he had created.
