Blessed Easter! ... thx Lyle S!

Rejoice, have a blessed Easter.

 

  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 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 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 Side.

 

  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! It is easy to pass jokes

  and  false witness statements by e-mail,

  but when it comes to  God,

  sometimes we feel ashamed to forward to others

  because  we are worried of what

  they may think about us.

 

  60 seconds with God...

 

  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 ten people...

   More if you wish.

 

  3. Ten 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

giveth, 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!  

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