"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life."

Jesus Christ, son of the God, is the central icon of Christianity. It is through the teachings and practices of Jesus Christ that we learn the values and virtues of the religion. His enduring life represents forgiveness and mercy. According to Kramer, it is on "his life and passion that all Christian views of death are based". He is often called the "savior" and it is through his suffering that all Christians will receive eternal life in Heaven. The different accounts of Jesus Christ's life are given in the New Testament of the Holy Bible. His life was a living testimony of God's love and more importantly his plan. In John 3:17, the plan of God is outlined: "For God did not send his Son into the world not to condemn the world, but to save the world through him." It was God's plan that Jesus be born in human flesh through the divine conception of Mother Mary. In accordance with this plan and (according to the gospel of Luke) he grows up with humankind, becoming through the years a prophet, teacher and healer. Our salvation was

Jesus: You promised me. Remember, you once told me that if I moved one step from revolution you would kill me. Remember?

Cart, "The Last Temptation of Christ," Variety, August 10 1998.

to come from his suffering and death.

Judas: If you were me, could you betray a master?

Judas: If that's what God wants, then let God do it. I won't.

The voice and image of Mary Magdalene is also crucial in scenes and events to follow because it is one of the vehicles by which the devil will try to tempt Christ to give up his divinity and become a regular human. When Jesus Christ meets John the Baptist, he is told that he must set out on a pilgrimage alone in the desert. In one of God's first temptations with the devil, he sees a snake that speaks with Mary Magdalene's voice. In a way, this sets up Jesus Christ's "last temptation" in which appear as a vision at his last moments in the cross. It is the very last attempt to the devil to try to convince Jesus Christ to give up his stature of Son of God and offer him the pleasure of living a normal life. At the foot of Jesus' cross, a little girl appears trying to persuade him to live an ordinary life in which he can spend his life with Mary Magdalene. In this last vision, Mary is dressed in white symbolically representing her newfound purity and her rejection of her old carnal profession. The very last moment of Christ life he sees the last temptation: "a clever ploy of the devil: if only Christ will forsake his Messianic destiny, he can not only achieve the sexual fulfillment he secretly yearns for but do so within the sanctified bond of marriage" (Friedman 154)

Jesus: No. That's why God gave me the easier job, to be crucified. (The Last Temptation of Christ 35 mins)

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