Why do Christians call the Friday before Easter; Good Friday?  After all, it was the day that Christ hung on the cross. Before that, he was whipped and had a crown of thorns pressed into his head. He endured incredible pain. The fact that Jesus hung on that cross is what Good Friday commemorates. Before Christ appeared on earth, all humans risked permanent separation from God.  That meant that when a human died, they would face eternity separated from God and that is what is often referred to as hell. All humans sin and that sin displeases God.  We cannot continue to sin and expect to spend eternity with God; something Jesus referred to as “paradise.” Instead, what happened, is that God came to this earth in the form of …