My fellow brothers and sisters, one of the most important days of our Lord is coming up, Good Friday and Easter. To those who are mature in their faith, we understand that these are the days that God reveals and exhibits his eternal love and compassion for those who dwell on the Earth. For those who are new in faith, some may question why Jesus had to die at all and why we have to celebrate this time in the year.

Since we are approaching the time of Easter, perhaps the mature and the new believer needs a refreshing and a reminder of why our King we serve, the one that deserves all the Glory took up the cross upon Himself. Since we are approaching Good Friday, this post will be discussing about Jesus’ death rather than the resurrection that will be discussed at a later date.

Let us directly dive into the question. Why did Jesus have to die?

1.   Old Testament Scripture Prophecizes it

The Old Testament is a common Scripture shared between Christians, Muslims and Jews. However, there are parts of the Old Testament that prophesy or reveal God’s Will of sending His Son to die for our sins.

Jesus’ death was at the exact time the Jewish feast of the Passover, where lambs would be sacrificed to God (Exodus 12:3). However, during the time of this Passover feast, other than the lambs being slaughtered, the Lamb of God, known as our Lord God Jesus (John 1:29) was sacrificed for our sins. Though Jesus lived a sinless life (2 Corinthians 5:21), he died on the cross for our sins (Romans 4:25). Deuteronomy 21:22-23 states that anyone being hung on a tree is under God’s curse, as we can see God is so fair and just that He has to satisfy his wrath. Moreover, the God loves us so much that if we believe in Him, we would not need to go to hell as the price for our sins is paid.

As we follow the Scriptures commanding the Jews about the Passover, it is clearly stated that none of the lamb’s bones were to be broken during that sacrifice (Exodus 12:46, Numbers 9:12, Psalm 34:20). This was fulfilled in the New Testament (John 19:36).

Now, let’s look back at the Bible verses that are mentioned here (there are many more) that prophesy Jesus’ death. It is clear that Exodus and Numbers is included in the Jewish Torah. This is clear evidence that Torah Scriptures support the existence of Jesus Christ and His death.

For all those who have doubts about the consistency of the Bible between the Old and New Testaments, I challenge you to look into the above Bible verses and see for yourself how our God poured out His everlasting love!