Analysis Of Jesus's Death

So we know that Jesus is fully God and fully human. And Jesus came to earth to live with us and then die on the cross for our sins. But does this mean that God died? No, God did not die. If you fall and bump your knee you are physically hurt but your personality or soul is probably ok. Or if someone says something mean to you, your feelings will be hurt but your body is ok. This is a small example of when Jesus died on the cross. The human part of Jesus died but the God part was ok. When we die our bodies are buried in the ground but our souls go on to heaven with God. When Jesus died his body was buried in the tomb but his soul went to hades so that he could preach to those who had already died and tell them that he died to save their sins. You can also think of this as an oreo. There is the rough, fragile outside and a pure white

He is both fully God and fully human. But God did not die. Becuase God was not dead Jesus was able to rise again, defeating death and giving us hope. Explaining Jesus’s death but God not dying is a tricky topic for anyone, especially children. But it has to be addressed because you can not have a child believing that God died. Explaining Jesus’s death like this does bring up the heresies of Apollinarism (that Jesus’s body was like a human suit for a divine mind and soul) as well as Nestorianism (human and divine natures of Christ are separate and divisible) but I believe that these can be justified as less worse to believe than that God died. These can also be more easily corrected late on in life when they are more able to comprehend the dual nature of Christ. I really enjoyed talking about this because it is very related to my future career as a children 's pastor. My group also enjoyed talking about this because it was such a challenge. However, many said they would not write on this topic because they felt it would be hard to elaborate on