The Suffering, Death and Resurrection of jesus in important to modern day Christians, as it gives a message of support from God

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The Suffering, Death and Resurrection of Jesus is important to modern day Christians, as it gives a message of support from God.

Although Christians could see how Jesus suffered and understand it as the final victory of good over evil, it must still have been difficult for them to understand how it was possible for the messiah to be persecuted by pagans. Though suffering is not pleasant, good can come of it. If we look at the example of Christ, he had to suffer but rose from death. Jesus experienced physical suffering when he made his way to Golgotha or ‘The Place of the Skull’. Mark 15:22. Several Christians argue that mark wrote so much about suffering as he wanted to emphasise what it meant to follow Christ, furthermore, by becoming a Christian, you will probably have to suffer for what you believe. Those who do suffer hideous and torturous deaths, like Jesus, will also share in his resurrection.

Christianity wouldn’t have lasted this long, without the belief of being resurrected, resurrection also proves that Jesus is/was the Son of God, again which proves that God had the power to raise his son from death.

If evil has been defeated, they must have asked, ‘Why are we suffering instead of being rewarded for our faithfulness?’ one of marks aims was to provide reassurance in the face of this question. He made it clear that Jesus felt he had been abandoned. “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” Mark15: 34

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Mark shows that Jesus had foreseen that both he and his followers would suffer. Jesus also taught that the ‘Son of Man’ had to suffer in order to educate people of God’s plan, therefore people could relate to him, even if his teachings were at times, unclear.

Jesus also stated that for a person to follow him, they must carry their cross. “...he must take up his cross, and come with me…” Mark 8:34.  The modern day Christians’ cross is everything, which causes a burden to them, e.g. Sin, a troublesome situation and worry of something or someone.

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