I really want to have this kind of faith, but I don’t. I’ll share the best I can do. Jesus came and spoke and what he spoke resonated as profoundly true to people. As his popularity grew, he threatened the powers that be, because his message contradicted the current hierarchy. Jesus was then threatened, tortured, ridiculed, and crucified and it wasn’t enough for him to succumb to the powers that be, or enough from him to change his message, to lie, or to turn from God. He stayed true. Then, he was reborn because the truth and the loyalty to God gave him new life. So I imagine that he died in order to teach us how to live.