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Subject: THE (SCIENTIFIC) DEATH OF JESUS
From: elshear3@aol.com
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2011 21:09:38 -0400
>
> At the age of 33, Jesus was condemned to the death.
>
> At the time crucifixion was the "worst" death. Only the worst criminal
> 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 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 suffered 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, to open the Gates of Heaven, so
> that you can have free access to God.
>
> So that your sins could be "washed" away. All of them, with no
> exception! Don't ignore this situation.
>
> JESUS CHRIST DIED FOR YOU!
>
> He died for you! It is easy to pass jokes or foolish photos by e-mail,
> but when it comes to God, sometimes you feel ashamed to forward to
> others because you are worried of what they may think about you.
>
> God has plans for you, show all your friends what He experienced to
> save
> you. Now think about this! May God bless your life!
>
> 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 people. The more the better.
>
> 3. 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".
>
> 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 proof. If you love God and you are a believer and
> trust in salvation through Christ Jesus, send this to all those you
> love.
