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Posted by: Paul Ciniraj

Many people don't know that pain and suffering our Lord, Jesus Christ went through for us...because of the brutality, crucifixion was given a sentence to only its worst offenders of the law.Thieves, murderers, and rapists would be the types of creeps who got crucified. Yet, here Jesus is being crucified between two hardened criminals... What did Jesus do? Did he murder anyone? Did he steal anything? The answer as we all know is NO!! Jesus did nothing to deserve this type of death, yet he went willing to die, in between two thieves, so that we might be saved. And there, in between the sinners, was our slain savior for our sins.

See, how the crucifixion effects on the body according to a medical practitioner.

The cross is placed on the ground and the exhausted man is quickly thrown; backwards with his shoulders against the wood. The legionnaire feels for the depression at the front of the wrist. He drives a heavy, square wrought iron nail through the wrist deep into the wood. Quickly he moves to the other side and repeats the action, being careful not to pull the arms too tightly,but to allow some flex and movement. The cross is then lifted into place. The left foot is pressed backwards against the right foot, and with both feet extended, toes down, a nail is driven through the arch of each, leaving the knees flexed. The victim is now crucified.

When they nailed Him to the Cross, then they turned the cross over and his face was in the soil and they bent the nails. When they brought the cross up and dropped it into the hole, the jerking motion caused Him so much agony and his flesh tore at the nails.

As he slowly sags down with more weight on the nails in the wrists, excruciating fiery pain shoots along the fingers and up the arms to explode in the brain- the nails in the wrists are putting pressure on the median nerves. As he pushes himself upward to avoid this stretching torment, he places the full weight on the nail through his feet. Again he feels the searing agony of the nail tearing through the nerves between the bones of his feet. As the arms fatigue, cramps sweep through his muscles, knotting them deep relentless, throbbing pain. With these cramps comes the inability to push himself upward to breathe. Air can be drawn into the lungs but not exhaled. He fights to raise himself in order to get even one small breath.

Finally, carbon dioxide builds up in the lungs and in the blood stream,and the cramps partially subside. Spasmodically, he is able to push himself upward to exhale and bring in life-giving oxygen. Hours of limitless pain,cycles of twisting, joint wrenching cramps, intermittent partial asphyxiation, searing pain as tissue is torn from his lacerated back as he moves up and down against rough timber. Then another agony begins: a deep, crushing pain deep in the chest as the pericardium slowly fills with serum and begins to compress the heart.It is now almost over-the loss of tissue fluids has reached a critical level-the compressed heart is struggling to pump heavy, thick, sluggish blood into the tissues-the tortured lungs are making frantic effort to gasp in small gulps of air. He can feel the chill of death creeping through his tissues...Finally, he can allow his body to die... All this the Bible records with the simple words, "and they crucified Him" (Mark 15:24).

What a painful experience our Lord Jesus gone through the cross for our Salvation? Oh! Marvelous love it is!!

SEVEN VERSES ON THE CROSS

1. Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do (Luke 23:34).
2. And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, today salt thou be with me in paradise (Luke 23:43).
3. When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son! Then saith he to the the deciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that deciple unto his own home(John 19:26-27).
4. And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? That is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? (Matthew 27:46; Mark 15:34).
5. After this, Jesus knowing thal all things where now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst (John 19:28).
6. When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, it is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost (John 19:30).
7. And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I comment my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost (Luke 23:46).


Posted by: FriendOfGod

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Originally Posted by Paul Ciniraj
Many people don't know that pain and suffering our Lord, Jesus Christ went through for us...because of the brutality, crucifixion was given a sentence to only its worst offenders of the law.Thieves, murderers, and rapists would be the types of creeps who got crucified. Yet, here Jesus is being crucified between two hardened criminals... What did Jesus do? Did he murder anyone? Did he steal anything? The answer as we all know is NO!! Jesus did nothing to deserve this type of death, yet he went willing to die, in between two thieves, so that we might be saved. And there, in between the sinners, was our slain savior for our sins.

See, how the crucifixion effects on the body according to a medical practitioner.

The cross is placed on the ground and the exhausted man is quickly thrown; backwards with his shoulders against the wood. The legionnaire feels for the depression at the front of the wrist. He drives a heavy, square wrought iron nail through the wrist deep into the wood. Quickly he moves to the other side and repeats the action, being careful not to pull the arms too tightly,but to allow some flex and movement. The cross is then lifted into place. The left foot is pressed backwards against the right foot, and with both feet extended, toes down, a nail is driven through the arch of each, leaving the knees flexed. The victim is now crucified.

When they nailed Him to the Cross, then they turned the cross over and his face was in the soil and they bent the nails. When they brought the cross up and dropped it into the hole, the jerking motion caused Him so much agony and his flesh tore at the nails.

As he slowly sags down with more weight on the nails in the wrists, excruciating fiery pain shoots along the fingers and up the arms to explode in the brain- the nails in the wrists are putting pressure on the median nerves. As he pushes himself upward to avoid this stretching torment, he places the full weight on the nail through his feet. Again he feels the searing agony of the nail tearing through the nerves between the bones of his feet. As the arms fatigue, cramps sweep through his muscles, knotting them deep relentless, throbbing pain. With these cramps comes the inability to push himself upward to breathe. Air can be drawn into the lungs but not exhaled. He fights to raise himself in order to get even one small breath.

Finally, carbon dioxide builds up in the lungs and in the blood stream,and the cramps partially subside. Spasmodically, he is able to push himself upward to exhale and bring in life-giving oxygen. Hours of limitless pain,cycles of twisting, joint wrenching cramps, intermittent partial asphyxiation, searing pain as tissue is torn from his lacerated back as he moves up and down against rough timber. Then another agony begins: a deep, crushing pain deep in the chest as the pericardium slowly fills with serum and begins to compress the heart.It is now almost over-the loss of tissue fluids has reached a critical level-the compressed heart is struggling to pump heavy, thick, sluggish blood into the tissues-the tortured lungs are making frantic effort to gasp in small gulps of air. He can feel the chill of death creeping through his tissues...Finally, he can allow his body to die... All this the Bible records with the simple words, "and they crucified Him" (Mark 15:24).

What a painful experience our Lord Jesus gone through the cross for our Salvation? Oh! Marvelous love it is!!

SEVEN VERSES ON THE CROSS

1. Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do (Luke 23:34).
2. And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, today salt thou be with me in paradise (Luke 23:43).
3. When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son! Then saith he to the the deciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that deciple unto his own home(John 19:26-27).
4. And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? That is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? (Matthew 27:46; Mark 15:34).
5. After this, Jesus knowing thal all things where now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst (John 19:28).
6. When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, it is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost (John 19:30).
7. And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I comment my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost (Luke 23:46).


What an awesome message. Reading this actually stirred me more than watching the Passion movie did. We need to remember the agony that Jesus went through on this day. I am currently fasting until sunset. Such a small price to pay for this horrific death! We were the ones that should have been up there, not him. I also read in a Christian book that at the same time he was suffering from this physical torture, he was suffering from spiritual torture in the form of God frowning upon him flashing his angry white eyes at him! God was revealing to him all of our sins past, present and future. I believe you could say in rapid flashes of zillions per second. He was condeming him for everything we did as if he was guilty of them! His loud angry voice rang in his ears. Meanwhile, God knew Jesus was innocent. It broke his heart to have to do this to him. He had to to save us from hell. As seen in the Passion movie, when Jesus went, a big drop of water came down from the sky and smashed up everything. That was God shedding a tear for his beloved son, who was slain for us all.