Jesus died on the cross. That was the point.
But it is. I'm flabbergasted that you would have said such a thing, metmom
It was God, even God the Father, yet in form of the Son, who did die on the cross and on the 3rd day resurrected.
The only begotten had to be sent to do this...
God the Father had no other way to take our own place, the place of our (including Mary, I say under my breath) deserved/earned punishment.
The wages of sin is death. (Romans 6:23)
God is just. He is not one to defraud a workman from wages due. He simply cannot, for He is Holy.
I see that you continued on, making more sense, yet not without some problem as I see it;
All by itself that would be a a not disagreeable comment.
In the person of Jesus, God did die. That is part of the Gospel message, that it was God Himself who took that place of punishment for our sins, not His, for Christ was without sin.
Jesus did say that he did nothing that He did not see his Father doing --- and "if you have seen me, you have seen the Father".
It has become clear that some of the most vociferous, combative people on the subject of Mary, and Jesus Christ, know absolutely nothing about Christology. The cannot talk accurately and competently about the Trinity, or the Incarnation. In other words: Christianity.