Was Jesus' sacrifice really a sacrifice at all?

[solja247]

Ignoring the fact it was technically god sacrificing himself to himself for the sin he himself created I'd like to know peoples opinions. If Jesus was guaranteed to live in Heaven for eternity and be the focus of billions of peoples worship and praise how is his dying on the cross a sacrifice at all? How is it relevant to the faith and how is it seen a selfless act? and as a side note how is him dying the cure for all previous and future sin?

I'd go through whatever pain you could think of if I was to then go on to live forever in the sky world with sky daddy and the praise and love of half the earth.

Thoughts?

Jesus died on the cross to save humanity, so that we would no longer be cursed under sin. As Paul says in Romans 5 says, 'For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive God’s abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ!'
He doesnt need our praise, that is a pagan idea. As Luke 19 says ,' 37 When he came near the place where the road goes down the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of disciples began joyfully to praise God in loud voices for all the miracles they had seen:

38 “Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord!”[b]

“Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!”

39 Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Jesus, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples!”

40 “I tell you,” he replied, “if they keep quiet, the stones will cry out.”

The job of a Christian (early Christian) was to tell people about Jesus that is all. Not to 'save' the world (Jesus already did that)

Note: We are not going to live in the sky, we are going to have a New Earth. Read Revelation 21-22. The Capital city will be about the size of Poland! Truly incredible!