Because He Loved Me So

Why did the Saviour Heaven leave, and come to earth below? Why did he choose a lowly birth? Why did he suffer on the cross? Because, He loved me so!

Jesus, obedient to the Father, Jehovah, holds as much love for you and me as does the Father. God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son to die upon the cruel cross of Calvary for the sinfulness of mankind. Jesus loved mankind so much he was willing to go to the cross of Calvary to shed his innocent blood, the life giving blood, for an atonement for sin.

He did this because he loved me, and you, and our neighbors.

But, giving his body and blood upon a cruel cross, to be pierced and hanged, did not offer us salvation in and of itself, alone. The crucifixion alone did not offer us hope. His innocence did not provide for our forgiveness–grace. Any man could have been crucified on crosses; and they have been. What makes the crucifixion of Jesus, the Son of God, an offer of grace and atonement for sinfulness?

He, Jesus, alone, who he was, The Son of God, and the fact that he was raised from the grave; raised to newness of life is what makes His death an offering for sin and a hope of salvation. He walked again, upright, on the earth, for many days, and was witnessed doing so by many. All others crucified have not. Even if they were innocent of any formal charges, they died, were buried, and remain in their tombs to this day. It is by his resurrection from the power of death over the soul and that he was the chosen sacrificial ‘Lamb of God’ that makes his death on a cross of great importance to man’s salvation.

All other men were not the Son of the living God. They perhaps did not love me, you and our neighbors as God and Jesus do. They were not the ‘Lamb of God’; sinless and as innocent as a lamb. They were not sent to lay down their life for another.

Jesus was sent to lay down His life for many others. That included me, you and our neighbors.

Jesus sacrificed more than his blood. What did Jesus leave behind in Heaven to be born into human flesh and live an innocent life here on earth with mankind? What did he give up for a short period of time so we might live?

He left a place of no sorrow.

Rev. 21:4 says there is no sorrow in Heaven.

Rev. 21:4. 4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.

Heaven had and still has no deep feelings of distress and disappointment. There are no such feelings in Heaven at all. When things do not go as we planned, expected or hoped for, we have feelings rise up within our spirits that causes disappointment. Often we do not find proper ways to overcome these feelings. Jesus did not understand human’s disappointments and feelings of grief. Perhaps Jesus came to earth to experience sorrow so he could understand our human feelings more accurately.

He left a place with no crying.

With no feeling of sorrow, crying would be a reaction Jesus could not understand. When we humans feel grief and sorrow, perhaps even pain, we cry–shed tears of sorrow and pain. This is in opposite relationship to tears of joy for a good happy thing happening to us or a close friend.

Perhaps Jesus wanted to feel the effects of sorrow in crying. In John 11, we see the story of the death of Lazareth. In verse 35, Jesus is recorded as crying; Jesus wept. Jesus loved me, you and our neighbors so much, he wanted to experience our feelings of crying because he loved us so!

He left a place of no pain.

In Heaven, there is no pain. This means there is nothing that can cause pain as we feel; neither spiritually nor physically in our heavenly bodies. But, here in our earthly physical bodies, we experience pain in many ways.

However, this reference pertains to our emotional pain inflicted upon our minds. When things disappoint us, we feel pain. When we experience the death of a family member or dear friend, we feel pain. Perhaps Jesus came to earth to experience pain to understand how to console us.

He left a place where there is no death.

In heaven, Jesus knew death did not reign. But on earth, all men must face death. However, he knew a physical death was only a temporary separation from his Father, Jehovah God. God, his Father, could raise any he chose back to life. And, within Heaven was a tree of life of which all could eat the fruit of and live. Rev. 22:1-2. 22 And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. 2 In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.