The (Scientific) Death Of Jesus

Warning: The following article depicts real life. The subject might be too real for very young readers.

Too often, we do not realize the gravity of Jesus dying on the cross. We cannot comprehend the horror and the degree to which other humans will inflict pain on another. Crucifixion is the most horrible death that a human being can experience. The following is a scientific and medical description of the death of Jesus Christ:

At the age of 33, Jesus was condemned to death. 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, that 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 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 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 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 (two to three inches long) 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 suffered after carrying His own cross for almost two kilometers (1.2 miles), while the crowd spat in his face and threw stones (the cross was almost 30 kg/67pd. of weight, only for its higher part, where His hands were nailed).

Jesus had to endure this experience, to open the gates of Heaven, so that you can have free access to God; so that our sins could be “washed” away. All of them, with no exception! Don’t ignore this situation. JESUS CHRIST DIED FOR YOU! Accept the reality, the truth, that JESUS IS THE ONLY SALVATION FOR THE WORLD. God has special plans for YOU!

Please share this with all your friends … it could mean the difference between life and death.

Birthdays

Celebrating birthdays with loved ones this week are Stacey Kingsmore, Emeil Johnson, Christian Petty, and Tracy Petty on Thursday, March 21; Ruth Quinn and Anna Lemons on Friday, March 22; Patsy Payne on Sunday, March 24; Bruce Wilson on Monday, March 25, and Ron Lybrand on Wednesday, March 27. A special Happy Birthday and God Bless to each of these wonderful folks.

Special Prayer

I am asking all of my readers to hold Heather Fleming, Jeff Dyson, and Connie Burgess in our daily prayers because each one is facing tough medical situations. Thank you.

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