I don't understand how letting Jesus die a horrible death is somehow going to free anyone... actually, I take that back. Jesus took OUR place on the cross, or he traded places with us, in order to SAVE us from the VENGEFUL NATURE of his Father in heaven? So, God is going to destroy humanity but doesn't want to, so instead God becomes man so that he can die on a cross and take our place, and now all we have to do is trust in this strange event if we want to be saved from God's wrath... A) it doesn't sound like Jesus dying on the cross saved EVERYONE, just those who believe in him. and B) wouldn't it have been easier for God to just say "I'm not going to kill you guys"
No, God knew the only way to save us from ourselves, and our own sin nature, was to do this.
I think I have enough love for others to risk my own life to save the life of others, but I'd never risk my son or daughters life.
God really had a lot of love for us to do that.
You see, we were already dead in sin. You might say we were dead men walking. Real life begins at the rebirth.
Again, to all of you who say
"if God is good, why does He let so much bad take place" I ask you to just think how bad things would be if He wasn't good. With such awesome power, to do whatever He wants, we would be in a pickle if He wasn't good.