Kufa kwaJesu kwakuyintfo lebaluleke kakhulu leyake yenteka, ngobe wafa kuze ente kuphila kwebantfu kubuyele esimeni lebekukuso ekucaleni. Umuntfu abengakadalwa anesifiso sekwenta tintfo letimbi, futsi abengakadalelwa kutsi agule nobe afe. (Genesisi 1:31) Kodvwa sono sangena emhlabeni ngemuntfu wekucala, lokungu-Adamu. Jesu wanikela ngekuphila kwakhe kuze asisindzise esonweni nasekufeni.​—Fundza Matewu 20:28; Roma 6:23.

Nkulunkulu wakhombisa lutsandvo lwakhe lolukhulu ngekutfumela iNdvodzana yakhe emhlabeni kuze itosifela. (1 Johane 4:9, 10) Jesu watjela balandzeli bakhe kutsi nabakhumbula kufa kwakhe bente umkhosi lomncane, basebentise sinkhwa neliwayini kuphela. Kwenta loku minyaka yonkhe kuyindlela lesikhombisa ngayo kubonga kwetfu ngelutsandvo lesaboniswa lona nguNkulunkulu kanye naJesu.​—Fundza Lukha 22:19, 20.

Ngesikhatsi Jesu atjela bafundzi bakhe kwekucala kutsi bakhumbule kufa kwakhe, wakhuluma ngesivumelwane. (Matewu 26:26-28) Lesivumelwane senta kutsi bona kanye nalabanye labambalwa babe nelitsemba lekutsi babe ngemakhosi nebaphristi bakanye naye ezulwini. Nanobe tigidzi tebantfu tikukhumbula kufa kwaJesu, ngulabo labakulesivumelwane kuphela labadla sinkhwa futsi banatse neliwayini.​—Fundza Sembulo 5:10.

Sekuphele iminyaka lengaba ngu-2 000 solo Jehova akhetsa labo labayoba ngemakhosi. (Lukha 12:32) Bambalwa ngelinani nabacatsaniswa nalabo labayawuphila phakadze emhlabeni.—Fundza Sembulo 7:4, 9, 17.