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[[file:Munkacsy jesus.jpg|thumb | 250px |''Jesus Christ Before Pilate'' by Mihály Munkácsy (1844–1900)]]

'''Jesus Christ''' is the Savior who came in the flesh and was sacrificed on the [[cross]] 2,000 years ago for the salvation of all mankind.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Philippians+2%3A5-8&version=NIV |title=Philippians 2:5–8 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> After being [[Baptism|baptized]] at the age of thirty, He started His ministry and preached the gospel of the kingdom for three years, establishing the [[New Covenant|new covenant]]. He was rejected by the Jews and the religious leaders of that time and was arrested the night he established the [[New Covenant Passover]], which contains the forgiveness of sins and eternal life. He died on the cross the next day and on the third day, He was [[Resurrection of Jesus|resurrected]] and [[Ascension of Jesus|ascended to heaven]] forty days later. Before His ascension, He entrusted His disciples with the mission to preach the [[gospel of the kingdom]] to the whole world. Jesus’ whole life was a fulfillment of the prophecies in the Bible, and was a sacrifice and love for the salvation of mankind. The precious blood of Christ that was shed on the cross opened the way for mankind to wash away their sins to enter the kingdom of heaven.

Jesus’ [[Major Achievements of Jesus Christ|ministry]] began when He was baptized by [[John the Baptist]] at the age of thirty.<ref name="침례">{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+3%3A21-23+&version=NIV |title=Luke 3:21–23 |publisher= |quote=}}</ref> John the Baptist was given the [[mission of Elijah]] to prepare the way for Christ coming in the flesh.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah+40%3A3+&version=NIV |title=Isaiah 40:3 |quote= }}</ref><ref name="말라기3">{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Malachi+4%3A5-6+&version=NIV |title=Malachi 4:5–6 |quote= }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+17%3A12-13+&version=NIV |title=Matthew 17:12–13 |quote= }}</ref> After Jesus was baptized, He went to the desert where He prayed and fasted for forty days. After fasting and praying, He was tempted by the devil, but He firmly resisted all temptations through the words of the Bible.<ref name="광야 시험" />

|Fri.||'''[[Suffering on the cross]]'''|| '''Repeated interrogation and suffering'''<br>• At the dawn of the [[Feast of Unleavened Bread]], the day after the Passover, the chief priests and elders agree to kill Jesus and take Him to Pilate, the governor.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+27%3A1-2&version=NIV |title=Matthew 27:1–2 |publisher= |quote=}}</ref><br>• Seeing that Jesus is innocent, Pilate tries to release Him in accordance with the custom at the Feast to release a prisoner. When asked if they want to release Barabbas, the murderer, or Jesus, the people shout and demand for Pilate to release Barabbas and crucify Jesus. Pilate sentences Jesus to crucifixion.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+27%3A24-26&version=NIV |title=Matthew 27:24–26 |publisher= |quote=}}</ref><br>• After Jesus is flogged and ridiculed by soldiers, He is taken to Golgotha, carrying the cross.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+27%3A30-31&version=NIV |title=Matthew 27:30–31 |publisher= |quote=}}</ref><br><br>'''Death on the cross'''<br>• At the third hour (around 9 a.m.), the soldiers nail Jesus’ hands and feet. Above His head they place the written charge against Him: THE KING OF THE JEWS.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+27%3A35-37&version=NIV |title=Matthew 27:35–37 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref><br>• After being crucified and suffering for six hours, Jesus says His last words, “It is finished,” and dies at the ninth hour (around 3 p.m.).<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+19%3A30&version=NIV |title=John 19:30 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref><br>• At the moment of Jesus’ death, the curtain of the [[temple]] is torn in two from top to bottom.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+27%3A51-53&version=NIV |title=Matthew 27:51–53 |publisher= |quote=  }}</ref><br><br>'''Burial in the tomb of a rich man named Joseph'''<br>• A rich man named Joseph asks Pilate for Jesus’ body and receives it. He wraps His body in a clean linen cloth, and places it in his own new tomb that he cut out of the rock. He puts a big stone in front of the entrance to the tomb.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+27%3A57-60&version=NIV |title=Matthew 27:57–60 |publisher= |quote=}}</ref>

Jesus died on the cross and was [[Resurrection of Jesus|resurrected]] on the third day. After His resurrection, He awakened His disciples to the prophecies in the Bible and taught them to preach the gospel to all people until He [[Ascension of Jesus|ascended]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+24%3A25-27&version=NIV |title=Luke 24:25–27 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+16%3A15-16&version=NIV |title=Mark 16:15–16 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref>  By the Sea of Tiberias, He asked Peter to take care of the saints, saying, “Feed My sheep.”<ref name="내 양을 먹이라">{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+21%3A15-17&version=NIV |title=John 21:15–17 |publisher= |quote=}}</ref> On the fortieth day after His resurrection, Jesus ascended to heaven. He told His disciples not to leave Jerusalem until they received the gift of the Holy Spirit. Jesus told them once they received the Holy Spirit, they should go to Samaria and to the ends of the earth to be His witnesses.<ref name="사마리아 땅끝까지" /> The disciples, who were discouraged by the death of Jesus, reestablished their faith through His resurrection and ascension. While boldly preaching about Jesus Christ in various places, an explosive work of the gospel took place in the early Church.

<small>{{참고|Resurrection of Jesus|Ascension of Jesus|설명=}}</small>

|Alpha and Omega||The Greek letters ''alpha'' and ''omega'' means first and ''last''. In the [[book of Revelation]], it is written that God Jehovah and Jesus are both the [[Alpha and the Omega]]. This means that Jesus and God Jehovah are one and the same.||[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Rev+1%3A8&version=NIV Rev 1:8]<br>[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Rev+22%3A13&version=NIV Rev 22:13]

The [[New Covenant|new covenant]] is the truth of life that Jesus established for the salvation of mankind. The Old Testament, or the [[Old Covenant]], is a shadow; and the New Covenant is its reality. As animals were used as blood sacrifices to atone for the people’s sins in the Old Testament, Jesus, who is the reality of those sacrifices, fulfilled the regulations of the new covenant by shedding His blood on the cross for the sins of mankind in the New Testament. The Bible records the feasts of the new covenant, which Jesus taught, as the [[Sabbath]] (a weekly feast), and the [[Passover]], the [[Pentecost]], the [[Feast of Tabernacles]], etc. (the annual seven feasts in three times).<ref name="유월절 마태복음">{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+26%3A19-28&version=NIV |title=Matthew 26:19–28 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref><ref name="안식일">{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+4%3A16&version=NIV |title=Luke 4:16 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref><ref name="오순절">{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts+2%3A1-41&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_ubv&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=Acts 2:1–41 |publisher= |quote=  }}</ref><ref name="초막절">{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+7%3A2-37&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_ubv&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=John 7:2–37 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> Among them, Jesus kept the Passover of the new covenant with His disciples the day before He died on the cross, and promised the forgiveness of sins and eternal life through this feast. If we realize God’s providence contained in this feast, we can understand that the new covenant is God’s love and that love is the fulfillment of the law.   

''[[The Last Supper]]'', a well-known painting by [https://www.britannica.com/biography/Leonardo-da-Vinci Leonardo da Vinci] (1452–1519), depicts the scene of Jesus holding the last supper with His disciples the day before His death on the cross. The biblical name of this supper is called the [[New Covenant Passover|Passover of the new covenant]]. The Bible records that Jesus eagerly desired to keep the Passover.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+22%3A15&version=NIV |title=Luke 22:15 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> The reason He eagerly desired to keep the Passover was that it was directly related to salvation. Mankind is destined to die because of their sins, but they can receive redemption through the blood of Christ.<ref name="죄의 삯">{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans+6%3A23&version=NIV |title=Romans 6:23 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref><ref name="피로 죄 사함">{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ephesians+1%3A7&version=NIV |title=Ephesians 1:7 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref><ref name="은이나 금같이">{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Peter+1%3A18-19&version=NIV |title=1 Peter 1:18–19 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> Jesus said that the Passover bread and wine are His flesh and blood. He promised that through the Passover His people can receive the forgiveness of sins and eternal life.<ref name="유월절 마태복음" /><ref name="요한복음 6장 내 살과 피" /> On the day of the Passover of the new covenant, God promised to give His flesh and blood. The next day, Jesus fulfilled the covenant of the Passover when His flesh was torn and His blood was shed on the cross.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+19%3A34&version=NIV |title=John 19:34 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> Jesus opened the way to the forgiveness of sins and salvation for mankind by dying on the cross for their sins.  

*[[Jesus’ Appearance and Living Environment]]

*[[Miracles by Jesus]]

*[[Parables by Jesus]]

*[[Teachings of Jesus Christ]]

*[[Suffering on the Cross]]

*[[Resurrection of Jesus]]

*[[Ascension of Jesus]]