If there was one sin why Jesus had to die on the Cross to save humanity from, it has to be racism.
Otherwise, what was it, Adam disobeying God? Why would God sacrifice his only Son because Adam disobeyed? Adam ate the fruit of the tree that was forbidden for him to eat. What was the fruit and which was the tree? It doesn't matter? And why did God in the Flesh have to die for a command that was regarding a tree and its fruit? Was there no other way for God to exact punishment and correct Adam at any point in history?
It's in man's nature to be curious, to want to get to the bottom of things, climb the highest mountain, sail the farthest sea -- this is how God created every human being. God wouldn't punish a human being for that? But there is another issue involved: sacrifice. Yes, sacrifice. The Messiah had to sacrifice himself so as to show humanity that sacrifice is required. As followers of the Messiah, we have to understand that it's hard to give up the forbidden fruit, but that we must resist as long as we can, and if we succumb to temptation, we must repent and ask for forgiveness. Then we may be forgiven.
What is the forbidden fruit that we cannot forego eating? Which is the greatest yearning that we have that we throw away everything just to taste it once? Whatever it is, because it's different for every person, we feel that it's our right to have it. "Why can't I have it?" The basis of the sin is in our perceived superiority. "I deserve it!"
"We are special." We are superior, our culture is superior, we believe in this and that, we've achieved this and that -- racism. Pure racism. The Messiah had to die to show us that even though he was the Son of God, he was willing to forego the forbidden fruit. When Satan asked him, "Why don't you ask these stones to turn into bread so you can eat?" Though he hadn't eaten for forty days, he said, "It is not by bread alone that man shall live, but by every word of God." The Messiah's forty-day fast was a sacrifice. Satan wanted him to break his fast. He was offering the Messiah the forbidden fruit, but the Messiah would forego the fruit.
Satan said to the Messiah again, "Do you see all these great cities and their riches? I can give them all to you if you bow down to me." However, the Messiah said to him, "It is only for God that one should work and only to God that one should worship." The Messiah had the whole universe in his hand, he didn't need Satan to give him anything. He would forego all of it for the sake of saving humanity from the sin of superiority and racism.
A third time, Satan tempted the Messiah, by saying, "If you're the Son of God, throw yourself down from this parapet and the angels will catch you in their arms before your foot touches the ground." The Messiah said to Satan, "You should not tempt God." Then Satan left him, because at this point Satan had found out what he came to find out. He knew then that this man called Eashoa (Jesus) was indeed the prophesied Messiah, because Satan knew the Scriptures too.
Satan knew that Eashoa would fulfill the prophesies concerning him and he would sacrifice himself on the Cross for humanity's sake, to save them from their racism toward their fellow human beings. Because human beings will never forego their right to feel superior to everybody else. Every one of us feels that they are better and more deserving than the other; it's in our nature.
However, there are degrees of racism. Hitler was a demon out of hell, like the many monsters that are in the world today with hatred for the Jewish nation. With these monsters, racism has reached such a point that they are completely blind to it. But Hitler was able to convince the German people to follow him and commit the genocide against the Jewish people even though the racism of the German people was no greater than the racism of Europeans and Americans toward the Jews today. This is why the Messiah had to die for humanity. Because most human beings are racist.
When Eashoa the Messiah said, "Many will ask me [on the Day of Judgment], 'didn't we heal the sick and cast out demons in your name?' and I will say to them, 'go from me you sons of inequity for I know you not.'" Who was the Messiah talking about? He wasn't talking about the Hitlers of the world; he was talking about those people who claim to be Christian and those people who were priests, pastors, and religious leaders. He was not talking about all of them, but about most of them. Otherwise, why would he say it in such stark terms? Racism is not only a very prevelant sin; it is the dominant sin, it's why Eashoa (Jesus) had to die on the Cross.
Human beings and even most Christians in the West are racist. They feel superior to the dark skinned races. They feel superior because they are light skinned and fair. They aren't willing to sacrifice their health and well-being for the sake of the darker races because they feel, they the white people, are superior to everyone else.
Go ahead, deny it all you want, but it's not going to change. Read the Scriptures and ask yourself the tough questions. Why is it that you deserve the good life, freedom, opportunity, prosperity -- at the cost of others not having it?
Why do you think we should build a wall to keep the Mexicans from crossing the border to slave in the fields? Is it because they are less Christian or is it because their skin is darker?
Why do you say the New Testament was originated in Greek, is it because Greeks are white and the Aramaic-speaking Jews who followed the Messiah are dark-skinned Semites? Is that why you think God took the kingdom away from the Jews? And do you really think God gave the Kingdom of Heaven to the Gentiles?
Why did the Son of God had to die on the Cross, was it because of the "Sin of Adam"? But the Messiah was destined to die for the sake of humanity "before the foundations of the universe." He was "the lamb slain before the foundations of the universe." What were the sins that were so terrible that "before the foundations of the universe" the Son of God was destined to die for? Is there a greater sin than racism?
Why did Eashao (Jesus) say to his disciples, "Love one another as I have loved you"? In other words, "do not be jealous, covet, and hate one another because you feel more superior," is it not why He said it?