The Restructuring of Heaven Author:Mike Johnson To limit one?s understanding of the sacrifice of Jesus to a physical death emphasizing nails driven into His body is to miss a depth of meaning that will affect your entire outlook on that momentous event. In the pages that follow, we will investigate that deeper meaning and its effect on one?s Christian outlook especially concerning baptism an... more »d the Lord?s Supper. So, what was Jesus? greatest sacrifice? It was a sacrifice for the Creator to become the created (John 1:1-2, 14), but that was not His greatest sacrifice. It was a sacrifice for the Son of God to leave the splendor of heaven to be born in a trough and live for 30 years as the Son of Man who ?has nowhere to lay His head.? (Matthew 8:20) But, that was not His greatest sacrifice. It was a sacrifice for Jesus to leave the constant praise and adoration of the heavenly host to be subjected to the insults and abuse of people on earth. But, that was not His greatest sacrifice. It was a sacrifice for the perfect, sinless Messiah to suffer the shame of the cross and to give His soul for the sins of mankind (Isaiah 53:10). But, that was not His greatest sacrifice. It was a sacrifice for the Giver of Life to suffer the most cruel form of death ever invented by evil men, but it was not His greatest sacrifice.« less