Why did Jesus Christ suffer and die? I believe that is the most important question of the twenty-first century. Here are ten answers from the Bible.Jesus came to die?#10) To destroy hostility between racesThe suspicion, prejudice, and demeaning attitudes between Jews and non-Jews in Bible times were as serious as the racial, ethnic, and national hostilities today. Jesus died to create a whole new way for races to be reconciled: he ?has broken down?the dividing wall of hostility?making peace?through the cross? (Ephesians 2:14-16).It is impossible to build lasting unity among races by saying that all religions can come together as equally valid. God sent his Son into the world as the only means of saving sinners and reconciling races. Only as the races find this reconciliation will they love and enjoy each other.#9) To give marriage its deepest meaningGod?s design was never for marriages to be miserable, yet many are. That?s what sin does?it makes us treat each other badly. Jesus died to change that. He knew that his suffering would make the deepest meaning of marriage plain. That?s why the Bible says, ?Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her? (Ephesians 5:25).God?s design for marriage is for a husband to love his wife the way Christ loves his people, and for the wife to respond the way Christ?s people should. This kind of love is possible because Christ died for both husband and wif

Piper, John