Some may ask what is Good Friday? What does it mean to Christians?
Good Friday is a day to remember this (the pain he has went through to pay for our sins to set us free from damnation).
It is just so hard to explain how much pain and suffering Jesus had to go through. It just saddens me on how much emotional stress and suffering he had till he bled thru his skin.
How much stress can any human take these days. A little and we complain but he went through more stress than anyone had from physical to emotional. Scientist today call it hematidrosis or hemihidrosis, where the veins and skin become tender from anguish that they break, mixing the blood with sweat.
Then comes the next torture. Romans call it the scourging process. He was flagged. Romans were know for their excellence in torture they even know what is the maximum no of time a person can be flagged to make sure the victim suffers maximum pain and not die. The flagrum is a intrument that was used which is a short whip with small balls of lead tied near the ends of each thong. The succeeding blows cut deeper into the subcutaneous tissues producing first an oozing of blood from the capillaries and veins of the skin and finally, spurting arterial bleeding from vessels in the underlying muscles. The whip tears into the deep skeletal muscles to produce ribbons of bleeding flesh.
Then a crown of thorns is smashed into his skull with a wooden staff. He was humiliated, mocked, spit at and cursed at. In times like this, just a minor humiliation and we would let all hell lose just to maintain our pride and dignity.
After losing so much blood and energy, can you imagine carrying a crossbar weighing 34 to 57 kg in weight and is put across the shoulders tied together to your hands.
After that comes Cruxification. Iron spikes or you can call it nails measuring 5 to 7 inches are driven through Jesus' wrists & legs. Because the hand is full of sensory nerves, any stimulation would cause agonizing shots of pain in both arms, and maybe throughout the body. Again Romans are experts in torture again like I said, they actually made sure they do not break any veins while doing this so that the victim will not die quick due to lack of blood.
How the cross works is the hindrance to normal breathing because the body pulls down on the outstretched arms and shoulders. After being in this position for quite a while, exhalation becomes shallow and labored. Imagine having asthma and the ventolin inhaler doesn't work. Everytime you want to breathe you have to carry your whole body. After hours of pain and lack of oxygen he died. Normal cruxification of a person would last about 3 or 4 days before dying (his was 3 to 4 hours due to excessive torture).
The Roman soldiers were trained to hasten death by either breaking the legs of the victim below the knee or stabbing the chest with a lance. Though the legs of the two thieves crucified along with Jesus were broken, his wasn't. A soldier pierced Jesus' side with his lance. to make sure he died. Blood and water came forth from the wound.
Just my thoughts of what I've learn from years of being a Christian. Thanks for the amazing grace you gave me and to die on the cross for me. Here is a thought to think about, would you have died for someone one you do not know today? Would you give the son you only have as a sacrifice?
In dedication of Good Friday
Good Friday is a day to remember this (the pain he has went through to pay for our sins to set us free from damnation).
It is just so hard to explain how much pain and suffering Jesus had to go through. It just saddens me on how much emotional stress and suffering he had till he bled thru his skin.
How much stress can any human take these days. A little and we complain but he went through more stress than anyone had from physical to emotional. Scientist today call it hematidrosis or hemihidrosis, where the veins and skin become tender from anguish that they break, mixing the blood with sweat.
Then comes the next torture. Romans call it the scourging process. He was flagged. Romans were know for their excellence in torture they even know what is the maximum no of time a person can be flagged to make sure the victim suffers maximum pain and not die. The flagrum is a intrument that was used which is a short whip with small balls of lead tied near the ends of each thong. The succeeding blows cut deeper into the subcutaneous tissues producing first an oozing of blood from the capillaries and veins of the skin and finally, spurting arterial bleeding from vessels in the underlying muscles. The whip tears into the deep skeletal muscles to produce ribbons of bleeding flesh.
Then a crown of thorns is smashed into his skull with a wooden staff. He was humiliated, mocked, spit at and cursed at. In times like this, just a minor humiliation and we would let all hell lose just to maintain our pride and dignity.
After losing so much blood and energy, can you imagine carrying a crossbar weighing 34 to 57 kg in weight and is put across the shoulders tied together to your hands.
After that comes Cruxification. Iron spikes or you can call it nails measuring 5 to 7 inches are driven through Jesus' wrists & legs. Because the hand is full of sensory nerves, any stimulation would cause agonizing shots of pain in both arms, and maybe throughout the body. Again Romans are experts in torture again like I said, they actually made sure they do not break any veins while doing this so that the victim will not die quick due to lack of blood.
How the cross works is the hindrance to normal breathing because the body pulls down on the outstretched arms and shoulders. After being in this position for quite a while, exhalation becomes shallow and labored. Imagine having asthma and the ventolin inhaler doesn't work. Everytime you want to breathe you have to carry your whole body. After hours of pain and lack of oxygen he died. Normal cruxification of a person would last about 3 or 4 days before dying (his was 3 to 4 hours due to excessive torture).
The Roman soldiers were trained to hasten death by either breaking the legs of the victim below the knee or stabbing the chest with a lance. Though the legs of the two thieves crucified along with Jesus were broken, his wasn't. A soldier pierced Jesus' side with his lance. to make sure he died. Blood and water came forth from the wound.
Just my thoughts of what I've learn from years of being a Christian. Thanks for the amazing grace you gave me and to die on the cross for me. Here is a thought to think about, would you have died for someone one you do not know today? Would you give the son you only have as a sacrifice?
In dedication of Good Friday
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