Who died on the cross?
In My Experience,
only about 1 in 10 Catholics know the correct answer to this
question.
Some of the Answers Given for that Question:
Which is
the correct answer?
A1. Jesus Christ died on the
cross.
Q1. Yes, but who is Jesus
Christ?
A2. The human person of GOD died on the
cross.
Q2. Was Jesus Christ a human
person?
A3. The human nature of GOD died on the
cross.
Q3. Is it the nature of a person that
dies?
A4. The Son of GOD died on the
Cross.
Q4. Yes, but who is the Son of
GOD?
A5. GOD died on the
cross.
Q5. You get the gold star. You are the 1 in 10 who knows the
truth.
A1 is technically correct, but there is more to the
correct answer.
A2 is wrong because Jesus Christ is not a human
person.
Now you may ask, "Well, didn't He have all the characteristics of a
human person except for sin?" Almost right, except for one important point.
Jesus Christ is a divine person, and if He were a human person, that would
make Him 2 persons, each with a nature, one divine, and one human. He is a
divine person with a divine and a human nature, one person with 2
natures.
A3 is wrong because persons die on crosses, not
natures.
A4 is again technically correct, but we are looking for more
here.
A5 is the correct answer because Jesus Christ is a divine person,
and persons die on
crosses, not natures. While dying in His human nature, Jesus Christ was
living in His divine nature. He was both living and dead at the same time,
but the person died.
Therefore, GOD died on the Cross.
"But you
denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted to
you, and killed the Author of life, whom God raised from the dead.
To this we are witnesses."
Acts 3:15
"When I saw him, I fell at his feet
as though dead. But he laid his right hand upon me, saying, "Fear not, I am the
first and the last, and the living one; I died, and behold I am alive for
evermore, and I have the keys of Death and Hades."
Rev 1:17-18
See also,
Acts 1:3, Rom 5:6-10,8:34,14:9,15, 1Cor 8:11,15:3,20,
Phil 2:8, Col 1:18,
1Thes 2:15, Heb 2:9, 1Pet 3:18, Rev 1:5,2:8,5:9,5:12,13:8.
Kudos to all who chose Answer #5...