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!
