Was Jesus� death a real sacrifice?

DavidC wrote: Hi Mishmish.  God did not need to become human, but he did it so that his chosen people, who had becme distanced and lost, could be reunited with him.  That was a sacrifice, even though God was not diminished in any way.

His chosen people, the Jews? That worked out well, didn't it?

I do know about the trinity. They are three, yet they are one. If they are indeed one, then Jesus is God. God is God and can never not be omnipotent nor omniscient, therefore, if Jesus is God, Jesus could never not be omnipotent nor omniscient. Now, if you're saying that Jesus is not God, I agree. Then the death of Jesus would have been a true sacrifice. Otherwise, you basically having God commiting suicide, then bringing Himself back to life in three days.