Understand this: The movies and shows about the crucifixion have been tame when compared to what He actually went through.
Even The Passion Of The Christ was forced to hold back a little in order to avoid an X rating.
Crucifixion was, and still is, arguably the most excruciating death someone can experience.
The night before in Gethsemane, He was sweating blood. This is known as hematidrosis. This would have caused His skin to become extremely sensitive, thus making the beatings to come even worse.
The fear He felt was the beginning of His feeling the weight of our iniquities being laid on Him.
Yet - in this moment, He didn’t demand that the Father take it from Him. He only asked for the cup to pass Him over if it was within the Father’s will.
Up next came the Cat of Nine Tails, or a Roman Flagrum. This was a weapon with long leather “tails”, each embedded with sharp bones and metal.
He was flogged 39 times as Jewish law mandated “40 minus one”, because 40 was said to kill a man.
This flogging wasn’t like being punished by your father’s leather belt.
Every strike tore flesh, every strike exposed muscle. Every strike exposed nerve endings. Every strike tore flesh to the bone.
This would be like getting struck with razor blades over and over again, leading to hypovolemic shock from blood loss.
Oh, and the crown of thorns? These weren’t rose thorns. These were thorns which were 2-3 inches long. Beaten into his skull.
These thorns would have pierced his skull, tripping the trigeminal nerve, thus causing unimaginable pain and even more blood loss from the dozens of head wounds.
At this point, extreme nausea and dizziness would begin to set in.
What came next? Carrying the cross. Which weighed around 300lbs. This would be like carrying two full kegs on your back.
Splinters and wood grating against the open flesh on His back. And He had to carry it 650 yards, or close to a half mile.
Imagine carrying a log on your back after being skinned alive.
Up next? He was nailed to the cross with spikes 5-7in in length. Piercing His wrists - this no doubt pierced the median nerve, causing extreme burning sensations up and down His arms.
A spike was driven through his ankles - severing nerves and tendons. This would have felt like standing on broken glass every time He pushed Himself up in order to breathe.
He suffered for 6 hours.
His chest muscles collapsing, making every single breath a fight for life.
His shoulders were dislocated, His arms stretching unnaturally long.
His heart was struggling to pump blood.
He was extremely dehydrated, His lips cracking.
His heart more than likely literally ruptured from the stress.
And on top of all of that, He had to feel a separation with the Father for a period of time in order to REALLY bear the weight of our sin.
He took up this burden for ALL sin before Him, and ALL sin which came after Him.
HE DID IT ALL FOR US.
To free us. To defeat sin. To give us a pathway to the Kingdom.
Every sin we commit is exactly why He had to do it.
And the real kicker? He knew what was coming when He rode into Jerusalem … and He didn’t turn around. He kept going.
For us.
HOLY SH*T 🚨 Everybody aboard the Southwest flight sung “God Bless the USA”. The MAGA Hat wearing Patriot at the front was leading the way
I am in tears listening to this ❤️
America is back 🇺🇸
🚨BREAKING: The Biden Administration just announced $1B for “conservation of the Ecuadorian Amazon.”
They could just as easily announce funds for victims of hurricane Helene.
They hate you. These people are truly anti-American.
Someone asked for some info on Ozempic for a Family Member who is considering taking it for weight loss… Here are three clips
Please DO NOT let them take it…
Ozempic is being promoted by celebrities like Oprah as the new miracle weight-loss drug..
• Ozempic is a weekly injection for the rest of your life, that costs approximately $20k per patient
The largest pharmaceutical company in Europe, Novo Nordisk, created it but it is outlawed for use in Europe and other countries
—— Why? Because it’s too dangerous and America is the only nation that will allow it.
• The company claims 100% of their revenue will come from America. They’ve literally banked on it.
• It paralyzes the stomach
• Stops you from producing serotonin
• It causes suicidal ideations
• It causes severe gastrointestinal issues
• You regain all the weight when you stop using it
• Lawsuits are already pouring in due to gastrointestinal issues
• This drug is being fast-tracked by the American Academy of Pediatrics, and has now been recommended as a first line of defense for teens, and more recently, for children as young six years old as the first line of defense fighting obesity.
• Nova Nordisk is literally paying every notable institution off…
— they are now one of the 5 largest funders of news ads
— they’ve paid off all the Top funders of obesity research
— they’re the largest funders to Universities on the obesity topic
• The NAACP is a Registered Lobbyist for Ozempic and Ozempic is Paying the NAACP to say You’re a Racist if you Don’t Support Ozempic https://t.co/mUcqoOF8X5
• Nova Nordisk has given $30 million to obesity doctors.
• Dr. Fatima Stamford, Head of Obesity Research at Harvard has been Paid Off by Nova Nordisk to “Study” their Drug, Ozempic https://t.co/3vAEfl399H
Tuckers Full Episode on Ozempic
https://t.co/b9rMln0nBN
RFK Jr Clip
https://t.co/BsdE2snBBt