Jesus in Christianity

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For an overview of all perspectives, see Jesus.

Jesus (on the left) is being identified by John the Baptist as the Lamb of God.[1]

In Christianity, Jesus is the Son of God and in many mainstream Christian denominations he is
God the Son, the second Person in the Trinity. He is believed to be the Jewish messiah who is
prophesied in the Hebrew Bible, which is called the Old Testament in Christianity. It is believed
that through his crucifixion and subsequent resurrection, God offered humans salvation and
eternal life,[2] that Jesus died to atone for sin to make humanity right with God.[3]

These teachings emphasize that as the Lamb of God, Jesus chose to suffer on the cross at Calvary
as a sign of his obedience to the will of God, as an "agent and servant of God".[4][5] Jesus' choice
positions him as a man of obedience, in contrast to Adam's disobedience.[6]

While there has been theological debate over the nature of Jesus, Trinitarian Christians believe
that Jesus is the Logos, God incarnate, God the Son, and "true God and true man"—both fully
divine and fully human. Jesus, having become fully human in all respects, suffered the pains and
temptations of a mortal man, yet he did not sin.

According to the Bible, God raised him from the dead.[7] He ascended to heaven to sit at the right
hand of God,[8] and he will return to Earth again for the Last Judgment and the establishment of
the Kingdom of God.[9]