[Faith-talk] Scientific death of Jesus

[Joshua Lester]

This is powerful!
Blessings, Joshua

On 5/24/11, Nikki <daizies304 at comcast.net> wrote:
>                         For the next 60 seconds, set aside what ever you're
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>                         doing and take this opportunity to focus on the most
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>                         important thing in your life!
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>             THE (SCIENTIFIC) DEATH OF JESUS
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>             At the age of 33, Jesus was condemned to the death penalty.
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>             At the time crucifixion was the "worst" death. Only the worst
> criminals 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.
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>             Each nail was 6 to 8 inches long.
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>       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.
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>       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.
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>       Jesus endured this reality for over 3 hours.
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>       Yes, over 3 hours! Can you imagine this kind of suffering? A few
> minutes before He died, Jesus stopped bleeding.
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>       He was simply pouring water from his wounds.
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>       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.
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>       He had no more blood to bleed out, only water poured from His wounds.
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>       The human adult body contains about 3.5 liters (just less than a
> gallon) of blood.
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>       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.
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>       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).
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>       Jesus had to endure this experience, so that you can have free access
> to God.
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>       So that your sins could be "washed" away. All of them, with no
> exception! Don't ignore this situation. JESUS CHRIST DIED FOR YOU! For you,
> who now read this e-mail. Do not believe that He only died for others (those
> who go to church or for pastors, bishops, etc).
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>       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.
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>       Accept the reality, the truth that JESUS IS THE ONLY SALVATION FOR THE
> WORLD.
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>       God has plans for you, show all your friends what He experienced to
> save you. Now think about this! May God bless your life!
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>       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".
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>       He keeps me alive day and night.
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>       Without Him, I am nothing, but with Him "I can do all things through
> Him who strengthens me". Philippians 4:13.
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>       This is the simple proof. If you love God and you believe and trust in
> salvation through Christ Jesus.
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