The Death of Jesus

 


Another day has come and almost gone! Boy do they seem to be coming and going faster and faster! I don't know where my time goes! I pray that your day has been filled with joy and that a smile has been the prettiest or most handsome accessory! Did you now that your attitude carries through even over the phone, have you ever denied a phone call because you knew the voice on the other end was going to be depressing and you just did not want it to drag you down? When I worked at the hospital, I was a financial counselor and I had patients that my skin crawled when I was alerted that they were on hold for me! I always told the girls in my office to answer the phone with a smile as people could hear it  over the phone! Wayde uses the phrase that certain people are "energy vampires", I thought this an odd description until I realized that is exactly what they are...the suck the energy out of you! He says you have to put your bubble up around certain people so as not to let them drain you! I am a believer, therefore I even type with a smile so as not to drain you:) LOL.
     Today I received an interesting email, one that really made me stop and think, I would like to share it with you this evening and then have you look at my "food for thought" "today's verse" for today! They essentially are holding hands, I figured this was no coincidence so I take it as a point that I should post it this evening! I pray you will take the time it takes to read it and really let it absorb in to your heart!

THE DEATH OF JESUS

 At the age of 33,
Jesus was condemned to the 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
Breath.

 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.

 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!

 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.

 God
Has plans for you, show all your friends what He experienced
To save you. Now think about this! May God bless your
Life!

•  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.) 
Pray for the person who posted this!
 2.)

Then, share this message with people.. The more the better.

 3.)

People will pray for you and this will make that many people pray to God
For other people.

 4.)

 Take a moment to appreciate the power of God in your life, by
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
before My Father in heaven ; but whosoever denies Me
before others, I also will deny before My
Father in heaven".

 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, share this with all those
you love