but He was only a man. devoid of all divinity jesus walked the earth as a man becoming the Christ only when he was baptized. jehovah's witnesses hold the cross in contempt feeling that it is nothing more than a pagan symbol used by apostate christendom instead they teach that at the completion of his ministry jesus died not on the cross but on a upright stake. christ body was then laid on a tomb. where it was disintegrated by God. totally destroyed forever jesus was then re-created by the Father before going to heaven 