April 1st, 2010
The (Scientific) Death of Jesus
This was an email that I received from a very close friend of mine, and I nearly cried when I read it – my Jesus endured all this for me, a worthless sinner, and I feel so blessed. This is why we celebrate Easter!
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. Yet it was even more dreadful for Jesus, because 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 and 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 realise 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.
All these without mentioning the humiliation He passed after carrying his own cross for almost 2 kilometres, 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 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! For you, who now read this. Do not believe that He only died for others (those who go to church or for pastors, bishops, etc).
He died for you! It is easy to pass jokes or foolish photos via the internet, but when it comes to God, sometimes it’s easy to feel ashamed to talk to others about Jesus because you are worried of what they may think about you.
Accept the reality, the truth that JESUS IS THE ONLY SALVATION FOR THE WORLD.
God has plans for you – think about what He experienced to save you. May God bless your life richly!
I am a daughter of the King of Kings, seeking to live a godly life and mirror the love of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.
Crucifixion was an ugly, ugly death; incredibly cruel. I forget the source of this quote but it reminds me how much we have sanitised what Christ endured for our sakes: Christ was crucified on a cross between 2 thieves, not on an altar between 2 candles.
And he did all this for us – you and me, how wonderful and what a precious gift that so many don’t want or ignore – we should be singing from the hill tops rather than be followers of Satan. God is great and we must never forget. Thankyou for this post.
Truly an amazing story. Our God is great. I especially love that verse in Jeremiah. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you Jesus for doing that for me!!!
Hi Ganeida,
His death must have been so horrific, and to think that our heavenly Father put Him through all that just for me, you and everyone else in this world humbles me immensely.
Have a wonderful and blessed Easter,
Love, Jillian ♥
Hi Jo,
You’re very welcome.
It certainly is – that our heavenly Father put our Jesus through this for everyone, me included, humbles me immensely.
Have a wonderful and blessed Easter,
Love, Jillian ♥
Hi Tricia,
You’re very welcome!
Our God is an awesome God!
To think that He put His only Son through the Crucifixion for me absolutely astounds me!
Have a wonderful Easter,
Blessings,
Jillian ♥
Hi Rosemary,
And for me! Our heavenly Father loves us very much indeed.
Have a wonderful and blessed Easter,
Love, Jillian ♥
And to think, He calls us to pick up our own Cross, and follow Him. To put to death our selfish and carnal ways. To die to self. It makes me ashamed when I think of how much I grumble and complain and get offended about the least of things.
Thank you for a very detailed and well-thought out post, dear sister.
love and blessings to you and your family.
Hi Amanda,
You’re very welcome – I learned so much in writing this post.
I cringe when I think of what Jesus went through for me, for I don’t feel in the least bit worthy of Him dying on the Cross for me, and yet, our heavenly Father thinks that I am worth so much. I am glad that He sees the promise in each and every one of us, and not just what I see in me.
Have a wonderful and blessed Easter,
Love, Jillian ♥
He underwent all that to save us from damnation. Jesus I love you.
Hi Jessie,
Yes, He did – He suffered and died for our sins so that we could have fellowship with the Father.
Have a wonderful week,
Love and blessings, Jillian ♥