How might we understand the crucifixion? Jesus, in coming to earth, represents God's response to Job. The crucifixion is the divine answer to the problem of evil. The death of the God-Man indicates that the divine will either cannot or will not prevent suffering. Although Christ undoubtedly symbolizes God's renunciation of power, we should not interpret Christ's death as an indication of divine impotence. Instead, Christ reveals the conditions for living meaningfully in the world. Christ chooses to share in our suffering because meaningful action in a finite world necessitates the possibilty of pain. Suffering is inherent in the stucture of meaning. That is to say, there can be no meaning without the risk of suffering just as their can be no truth without the possibility of falsity.
What is the existential meaning of the concept "Hell"? Hell, existentially understood, signifies our potential failure both to accept and embody selfless love (agapē). This possibility (indicative of human freedom) is a condition that renders divine love meaningful.
What is the existential meaning of the resurrection? The resurrection indicates the possibilty that selfless love might triumph. In other words, that we have the potential to lose ourselves, then find ourselves transformed.
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