drawn up certain beliefs about the importance of the death of the messiah. Many prophecy in the old testament were fulfilled by his death. Examples of this are shown in these two psalms:22:18-the is predicted Jesus clothes being gambled by the soilders,22 and 109 passer-by’s mock Jesus on the cross. Atonement, we believe that everyone in the world has sinned. For this reason if were to commit a sin your personally relationship with god would be non existent. It was only when Jesus a truly innocent being could be sacrificed could the link between god and people be restored .Death is evil powerfulness weapon against mankind by Jesus dying and rising from the dead conquered death and in a mater of words liberated from death and now leads the way for us to over come evil. It is very hard to follow the path of god, but it is when we see Jesus willingly accepting to go through unimaginable pain and to die a cross. By accepting this task he earned the position Lord of humanity. Today we still don’t understand the importance of the resurrection in relation to gods “plan”. Through his suffering he achieved perfection by doing what God wanted.
Jesus death was highly important as it show us the importance of his death and he is a symbol for us to looked to when we are suffering.
Life After Death
We believe as Christian of an after life there are three places that we believe exist in the afterlife: Heaven
Hell
Purgatory.
As Catholics when a person becomes deceased there is usually a wake for the person when a friends\relative watches over the body during the night. Then the body in coffin is placed in front of the altar .The mass begin when the priest greets the mourners. The coffin is sprinkled with holy water this to remember that they are one with the death and resurrection of the son of god. The service is usually followed by a mass At the conclusion of mass a silent prayer is said and the coffin for the second time is sprinkled with holy water and incense. The funeral mass are not allowed to be held during the tritium or any holy days.
Judgement features a lot in are religion but mainly about death we see a lot of judgement. Christianity believes that we will be judged in two main areas what good we have done to others and good a person you are. We believe we will are be resurrected at the end of time if we have lead good honest life this will be the second coming of Jesus called the parousia .
The three main places that we believe when u die go to are heaven hell and purgatory.
Heaven is seen to be a paradise where your purified soul goes. We believe only saints go strait to heaven while the majority of people go to purgatory. Purgatory is a place where u soul is purified so that u may better into heaven most people who are good go purgatory. However some people who turn the back on god and reject him or are just evil go to hell. The Jewish concept at that time of hell was a place of an eternal fire wee men weep and gnashing of teeth.
Death should not be seen as the end it should be seen as only the beginning to greater things: to unite with god and be in heaven. Death should not be feared but celebrated ,” we only mature when we no are own mortality”
