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THE
(SCIENTIFIC) DEATH OF JESUS
At the age of 33,
Jesus was condemned to the death
penalty.
At the time crucifixion was the
"worst" death.
Only
the worst criminals condemned to be
crucified.
Yet
it was even more dreadful for Jesus,
For,
unlike other criminals condemned to
death by crucifixion,
Jesus
was nailed to the cross by His hands and
feet, rather than tied...
Each nail was 6 to 8 inches long.
The nails were driven into His
wrist.
Not
into His palms as is commonly
portrayed.
There's
a tendon in the wrist that extends
to the shoulder.
The
Roman guards knew that when the nails
were being hammered into the wrist,
that
tendon would tear and break,
forcing
Jesus to use His back muscles to support
himself,
so
that He could breathe.
Both of His feet were nailed together.
Thus
He was forced to support Himself on
the single nail
That
impaled His feet to the cross.
Jesus
could not support himself with His leg
for
long because of the pain
so
He was forced to alternate between
arching His back
and
using his legs just to continue to
breath.
Imagine
the struggle, the pain, the suffering,
the courage.
Jesus endured this Reality for over 3
hours.
Yes, Over 3 hours!
Can
you imagine this kind of suffering?
A
few minutes before He died, Jesus
stopped bleeding.
He
was simply pouring water from his
wounds.
From common images we see wounds to
His hands and feet
and
even the spear wound to His side...
But do we remember the many wounds
made to his body?
A
hammer driving large nails through the
wrists,
the
feet overlapped and a nail hammered
through the arches
then
a Roman guard piercing His side
with a spear.
And
before the nails and the spear, Jesus
was whipped and beaten.
The
whipping was so severe that it tore the
flesh from His body.
The
beating so horrific that His face was
torn
and
his beard ripped from His face.
The
crown of thorns (two to three inch
thorns) cut deeply into His scalp.
Most
men would not have survived this
torture.
He had no more blood to bleed out,
only
water poured from His wounds.
The human
adult body contains about 5 liters (just
over a gallon) of blood.
Jesus poured all 5 liters of his
blood;
He had three nails hammered into His
body;
a
crown of thorns on His head and,
beyond
that, a Roman soldier stabbed a spear
into His chest..
All these without mentioning the
humiliation He passed
after
carrying His own Cross for almost 2
kilometers
while
the crowd spat in his face and
threw stones
(the
cross beam was almost 30 kg of weight,
to which His hands were nailed).
Jesus had to endure this experience,
So that you may have free access to God.
So that your sins can be
"washed" away.
All
of them, with no exception!
Don't ignore this.
JESUS CHRIST DIED FOR YOU!
For you, who now read message.
Do not believe that He only died for
others
(those who go to church or for pastors,
bishops, etc).
He died for you!
It is easy to e-mail jokes or silly
photos,
But, when it comes to God,
Sometimes we feel ashamed to forward a
message
about
Him on to others.
We are worried of what they “may
think.”
Accept the reality, the truth, that
JESUS IS THE ONLY SALVATION FOR THE
WORLD.
God has special plans for YOU!
Share this with all your friends...
About what He went through to save you.
Really think about it!
May God bless you! |
