03/27/2013
Jesus' Death -
60 seconds to understand
60 seconds with God...
For the next 60 seconds,
set aside whatever you're doing
and take this opportunity!
Let's see if Satan can stop this.
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. 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, 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 legs because of the pain, so He was forced to alternate between arching His back then using his legs just to continue to breathe.
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 realize His wounds were actually made in his body.
A hammer driving large nails through the wrist, the feet overlapped and an even large 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 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 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 3.5 liters (just less than a gallon) of blood.
Jesus poured all 3.5 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 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 was almost 30 kg of weight, only for its higher part, where His hands were nailed).
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 US!
He died for us!
For the next 60 seconds, set aside what
you're doing and take this
opportunity!
Let's see if Satan can stop this.
All you have to do is:
1. Simply pray for the person who
sent this message to you:
2. Then, send this message to 10
people... More if you wish.
3. 10 people will pray for you and you
will make that many people pray to God for other people.
4. Take a moment to appreciate the power of God in your life, for doing what pleases Him.
If you are not ashamed to do this,
please, follow Jesus' instructions He said (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."
If you believe, send this message...
But send it only if you believe
in Jesus Christ as your Lord and
Savior.
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.
Send this to all those you love. "Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world gives, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled,neither let it be afraid"..
A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and sings it to you when you've forgotten the words!