Why Did Jesus Have To Die?

Why did Jesus have to die for us?  In a minute?  Really, ok here goes.  God told Adam that if he ate of the tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, that he would surely die.  As you know, Adam ate and sinned.  Now, when Adam ate, you were in Adam, so you as well sinned and when you were born into this world you were born a sinner.  Sin passes through the man.  But Jesus was not born of man.  Mary was a virgin, and yet found with child, Jesus was the first man since Adam to be in the world but sinless.  Jesus remained sinless, completely innocent.  Now remember, that God had promised that Adam would surely die if he disobeyed God.  But God allowed a substitute to die, an animal could be sacrificed in place of man to atone for the sin.  Blood had to be shed.  When the Israelites were leaving Egypt they sacrificed a lamb without blemish and painted the blood over their door posts as protection from the angel of death.  Here that lamb again was dying to atone for sin.  This was called the Passover feast, and is celebrated every year on the 14^th day of the first month of the Hebrew Calendar.  This is infact the same day Jesus was crucified, 1500 years later, on the 14^th day of the first month, at the Passover celebration, He is the lamb of God, the lamb with out blemish that was sacrificed for us.  When God told Adam that if he sinned he would surely die, someone had to pay that price.  Jesus paid it for us, for all man, for all time.  Jesus is the Lamb of God.  Thank you Jesus.