I was reading a Time Magazine (April 12) article regarding “Why Did Jesus Have To Die”. There are basically 2 theories that most theologists and Bible scholars came up with:
- Atonement for our Sin (Substitution Theory)
- An example of living (Examplary Theory)
This prompted me to do my own reading to find out “Why Jesus Have To Die” and here are some links that I found very useful and very concise.
http://members.tripod.com/~robertwells/whythecross.html
http://bibletools.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/Library.showResource/CT/RA/k/360.htm