“Then Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve disciples went off to the chief priests in order to betray Jesus to them.” Jesus was then arrested in Gethsemane and put before the council. “They could not find any,” evidence against Jesus. Jesus then said that he was the Son of the Blessed God and this gave the high priest evidence that he was blaspheming and Jesus was sentenced to death and mocked.
Jesus was put on a cross, with a crown of thorns on his head and nails in his hands and feet attaching him to the cross. It was part of a complete humiliation and his suffering was physical as well as mental showing that he was human in ways. After he had died, he was taken and buried in a tomb. Jesus died for our sins, which sealed the new covenant between the Jews and the Gentiles. He fulfilled his life and mission.
However three days after Jesus was buried in the tomb, proclaimed dead, he resurrected. When the women went to the tomb, it was empty, his body and soul had been resurrected. This showed the divinity of Jesus, he was the Son of God.
Jesus obviously had the power to be resurrected being the Son of God, he was obviously different to us. So therefore, Christians believe in Heaven and Hell, that is where Christains go when they die. Heaven is not a physical place, it is where your soul goes to be with God. Where as hell is generally thought of as a pit of fire where the devil is.
Christians believe that when Adam and Eve eat the fruit in the Garden of Eden they brought, “original sin” into the world and so people became mortal and would die. When Jesus gave his life for everyone on the cross he created the opportunity for everyone who followed his teachings to have a new life and go to heaven. Some Christians believe that nasty people will go to hell and good people will go to heaven. Some also believe that most people go to purgatory where they are cleansed of their sins before they reach heaven. Most Christians agree that these places are some sort of state of mind.
Belief in an afterlife is an important part of Christian belief. In fact, if a person believes God exists it is natural to then assume the existence of an afterlife (or a place separate from this life), where God dwells. Most people in religions believe that a person has both a body and a soul and that when the body dies the soul will live on in an afterlife (or be reborn in a new life). The soul is also believed to be immortal, which means it will never die. In Christianity the Bible teaches that there are two places where the soul is sent after being judged by God. These being heaven and hell.
