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Jesus Death - 60 seconds to understand

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As we prepare for the Holy Week, some contemplation on the following .........

60 seconds with God....   A Rebirth of your spirit

For
the next 60 seconds, set aside whatever
you're doing and take this opportunity! Let's see if Satan
can stop this.

THE (SCIENTIFIC) DEATH OF JESUS

At the age of 33, Jesus was condemned to the death penalty.

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.

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.

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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 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).

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 message. 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 by message, 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.

Accept
the reality, the truth that JESUS IS THE ONLY SALVATION FOR
THE WORLD.

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 onto others...

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 efore My Father in heaven; but whosoever denies Me before others, I also will deny before My Father in heaven".

If you believe, send this message... But send it only if you believe
that Christ Jesus is your Lord and Savior.

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.

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