Tough Questions for Christians #35—The “Ultimate” Sacrifice
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AZ asks why the thief who didn’t accept Jesus, who suffered the same as Jesus, but is still in hell, didn’t actually sacrifice more than Jesus. Why should Jesus be praised when basically he had a weekend in hell, but this guy has got all eternity?
Because the robber’s death didn’t do anything. His death was for a crime he had done (not stealing, by the way, but rebellion against the Romans), and so he was guilty. Jesus’ resurrection shows that he was innocent. It also shows that Jesus established a new kingdom. It wasn’t going to Sheol (not hell) that made Jesus special. It is the fact that he sacrificed himself in order to give the rest of us a second chance with God. The thief’s death didn’t do that. Sure, he suffered more. But the amount of suffering isn’t the point. It is what the suffering accomplishes. Jesus’ suffering accomplished more than we could imagine.
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