Why Jesus had to die Pt. 1

Jesus had to die for our sins

Purification offerings included a priest laying his hands in a symbolic transfer of guilt onto a bull, goat, lamb, or bird, which was then slain. Day of Atonement sacrifices involved two goats; the blood of the first was sprinkled to cleanse the Temple, and the second—the “scapegoat”—was symbolically loaded with the collective impurities of the people and led outside the city to wander and die alone. A Passover offering was an unblemished lamb killed at twilight; its meat was eaten and its blood painted over the doorposts to avert the just wrath of God.

Jesus died as our chain-breaker, redeeming us from slavery to sin and death (Matthew 20:28; Jn. 8:36; Gal. 5:1; 1 Pet. 1:18–19).

Jesus had to die to redeem us from the curse of the law

Jesus had to die because of love

Jesus had to die for obedience

Jesus had to die to destroy the works of the devil

The good news of Jesus’s death to crush Satan was prophetically announced immediately after the fall in Genesis 3:15.

Jesus died as our battlefield hero, crushing the forces of Satan that held us captive (Gen. 3:15; Heb. 2:14–15; 1 John 3:8; Col. 2:15).