To understand who Jesus is, what He did for us, and how He changed the course of humanity forever, we must understand the complete plan of salvation. Please understand, the plan of God is so intrically complex and far reaching a person could spend a lifetime studying nothing else and still never get the full picture. Here we have simply provided a brief overview so that those with no knowledge of who Jesus is can hopefully begin their journey to understanding.

When the earth was created, man was created to worship God and rule over the earth. The earth had been in existence for many years and lucifer had been ruler of this world. Lucifer rebelled against God and so God cast him out of his place and renamed him satan (the fallen one). Then God created man who took over satan's place of dominion over the earth. The first humans of this new order were Adam and Eve. Satan tempted Adam and Eve and pursuaded them to disobey God which brought sin into humanity. That sin separated us from God since He is holy and without sin. Man was seperated from God and would never be able to be with Him again unless the bridge was gapped in some way. This is where Jesus came in.

In order for man to be reconciled to God, a perfect human free from sin who had conquered this world by avoiding the temptations and trials of life had to give himself as a sacrifice to God. Since no man is perfect and we are all born into sin, this seemed like an impossible feat to accomplish. Jesus is God's son and was living in heaven. Jesus loved us so much that He came to earth to be that perfect sacrifice that would give man a chance to access heaven once again. Jesus could come as the perfect man, free from sin, because His father was God and not a direct blood relative of Adam and Eve and therefore was not born into sin. Jesus would still have to face the trials and temptations of life for He had the same choices as all of us do. Thankfully He chose to stay true to God and resist everything satan threw at Him. He remained sinless and perfect in the eyes of God.

Jesus lived on the earth as a man for 33 years and was then crucified on a cross. The religious leaders of that day were expecting a messiah but they weren't expecting Jesus. They expected the Son of God to come as a mighty king of power. Instead, Jesus came in a much more common form with a ministry of love. Because of this and the fact that Jesus' teachings were exposing all of their deceiving ways to the masses, the leaders did not receive Him as the true messiah and condemned Him to death. They beat Him and ripped His back open. They drove nails through his hands and feet and hung Him on a wooden cross until He died, probably the most horrible death that man has ever devised according to many experts. Jesus hung on that cross as a perfect man who had never sinned. Jesus had never done anything wrong and when He gave himself on that cross, the gap between humans and God was bridged.

By accepting what Jesus did for us, we now have the opportunity to be reconciled to God and be rejoined with Him someday. Jesus performed many miracles through the power of God in His lifetime. After the crucifixion the people who crucified Him thought they had rid themselves of this reformer. In a show of His divinity and power, Jesus rose from the dead three days later, completing the reconciliation to God and claiming His rightful place as Lord of Lords. He then acsended into heaven and took His place at the right hand of God the Father. He then sent the comforter, the Holy Spirit which is the third party of the trinity to dwell with man and empower him to be witnesses of these things until Jesus comes back to take all of His followers home to heaven to live as we were meant to live in the beginning, in perfect harmony and happiness forever.

Through what Jesus did, we can be saved from spiritual death and enjoy the paradise God wants us to have. All we have to do is believe that Jesus is the son of God, accept His sacrifice for us, make Him Lord of our life, and live for Him until the end. This is God's perfect plan and it is available to everyone who will accept it.