At the age of 33, Jesus was condemned to death…

At the age of 33, Jesus was condemned to death…

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Kathy J Dickerson | PentecostalTheology.com

               

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
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 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!

9 Comments

  • Reply December 29, 2019

    Edith Neumaier

    I am tired of seeing this post. This is not appropriate.

  • Reply December 29, 2019

    Maryjane Decker

    Stop!!! Be encouraging one to another… lets not dwell on negativity… pleeez? and thankyou all.

  • Reply December 29, 2019

    Kay Crick

    I dont believe the nails were placed in the palm of His hands as tradition teaches. The Greek word for “hands” can also mean “wrists”. I also disagree with the traditional age of 33. I believe He was 30 yrs old when He was crucified.

  • Reply December 29, 2019

    Jonathan K Owusu

    People should dare their heart to receive Jesus Christ as their personal saviour.

  • Reply December 29, 2019

    Natalie Durante

    Jesus is Not on the Cross!!! Stop!!!! He is Alive!!!!

  • Reply December 29, 2019

    Natalie Durante

    Satan loves keeping our Lord a bloody mess on the Cross !! He is Alive!!!

  • Reply December 29, 2019

    Edith Neumaier

    I am so glad more people are speaking up.

  • Reply December 30, 2019

    Serena Monroe

    Well it won’t appropriate for Him to be crucified but we better be glad He was. Look at it….look at it…and look at it some more. Let it sink in how He suffered cause He loved us.

  • Reply April 10, 2020

    Varnel Watson

    YES he was
    once and for all

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