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 WERE CONDEMNED TO BE CRUCIFIED... YET IT WAS EVEN MORE DREADFUL FOR JESUS, UNLIKE OTHER CRIMINALS CONDEMNED TO DEATH BY CRUCIFIXION, JESUS WAS TO BE NAILED TO THE CROSS BY HIS HANDS AND FEET...
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, THE TENDON WOULD TEAR AND BREAK.. FORCING JESUS TO USE HIS BACK MUSCLES TO SUPPORT HIMSELF SO THAT HE COULD BREATH...
BOTH OF HIS FEET WERE NAILED TOGETHER... THUS HE WAS FORCED TO SUPPORT HIMSELF ON THAT SINGLE NAIL THAT IMPALED HIS FEET TO THE CROSS...
JESUS COULD NOT SUPPORT HIMSELF WITH HIS LEGS BECAUSE OF THE PAIN.. SO HE WAS FORCED TO ALTERNATE BETWEEN ARCHING HIS BACK, THEN USING HIS LEGS JUST TO CONTINUE TO BREATH.. IMAGINE THE STRUGGLE, THE PAIN, THE SUFFERING, THE COURAGE...
JESUS ENDURED THIS REALITY FOR OVER THREE HOURS, YES, OVER THREE HOURS! CAN YOU IMAGINE THIS KIND OF SUFFERING? A FEW MINUTES BEFORE HE DIED.. JESUS STOPPED BLEEDING.. HE WAS SIMPLY POURING WATER FROM HIS WOULDS.
FROM COMMON IMAGES, WE SEE WOUNDS TO HIS HANDS AND FEET,, AND EVEN THE SPEAR WOUND TO HIS SIDE.. BUT DO WE REALIZE HIS WOUNDS WERE ACTUALLY MADE IN HIS BODY.
A HAMMER DRIVING LARGE NAILS THROUGH THE WRIST, THE FEET OVERLAPPED AND AN EVEN LARGER NAIL HAMMERED THROUGH THE ARCHES, THEN A ROMAN GUARD PIERCING HIS SIDE WITH A SPEAR..
BUT BEFORE THE NAILS AND THE SPEAR.. JESUS WAS WHIPPED AND BEATEN.. THE WHIPPING WAS SO SEVER THAT IT TORE THE FLESH FROM HIS BODY.. THE BEATING WAS SO HORRIFIC THAT HIS FACE WAS TORN, AND HIS BEARD RIPPED FROM HIS FACE..
THE CROWN OF THORNS CUT DEEPLY INTO HIS SCALP.. MOST MEN WOULD NOT HAVE SURVIVED THIS TORTURE.. HE HAD NO MORE BLOOD TO SHED, ONLY WATER POURED FROM HIS WOUNDS.. THE HUMAN ADULT BODY CONTAINS ABOUT 35 LITERS(JUST LESS THAN A GALLON) OF BLOOD.. JESUS SHED ALL 35 LITERS OF HIS BLOOD..
HE HAD THREE NAILS HAMMERED INTO HIS MEMBERS; A CROWN OF THORNS ON HIS HEAD AND, BEYOND THAT, A ROMAN SOLDIER WHO JABBED 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......
JESUS HAD TO ENDURE THIS EXPERIENCE SO THAT WE CAN HAVE FREE ACCESS TO GOD, SO THAT OUR SINS COULD BE "WASHED" AWAY.. ALL OF THEM, WITH NO EXCEPTION.....
JESUS CHRIST DIED FOR YOU! FOR YOU WHO NOW READ THIS.. DON'T BELIEVE THAT HE ONLY DIED FOR OTHERS, THOSE WHO GO TO CHURCH OR FOR PASTORS, BISHOPS, ETC..HE DIED FOR ALL OF US..IT'S EASY TO PASS GOSSIP AND FALSE STATEMENTS, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO GOD, SOMETIMES YOU FEEL ASHAMED TO TELL OTHERS BECAUSE YOU ARE WORRIED OF WHAT THEY MAY THINK ABOUT YOU..
ACCEPT THE REALITY, THE TRUTH THAT .. "JESUS IS THE ONLY SALVATION FOR THE WORLD" GOD HAS PLANS FOR YOU,, TELL ALL YOUR FRIENDS WHAT HE EXPERIENCED TO SAVE YOU.. TAKE A MOMENT TO APPRECIATE THE POWER OF GOD IN YOUR LIFE, FOR DOING WHAT PLEASES HIM.. IF YOU ARE NOT ASHAMED, FOLLOW HIS INSTRUCTIONS IN MATTHEW 10:32-33, EVERYONE THEREFORE WHO ACKNOWLEDGES ME BEFORE OTHERS, I ALSO WILL ACKNOWLEDGE BEFORE MY FATHER IN HEAVEN, BUT WHOSOEVER DENIES ME BEFORE OTHERS... I ALSO WILL DENY BEFORE MY FATHER IN HEAVEN.....
YES, I LOVE GOD, HE IS MY SOURCE OF LIFE AND MY SAVIOR.. HE KEEPS ME ALIVE DAY AND NIGHT.. WITHOUT HIM I AM NOTHING, BUT WITH HIM, I CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH HIM WHO STRENGTHENS ME,, PHILIPPIANS 4:13!!
THIS IS THE SIMPLE TRUTH... IF YOU LOVE GOD AND YOU ARE A BELIEVER AND TRUST IN SALVATION THROUGH JESUS CHRIST, TELL ALL YOU LOVE!!
