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 didnโt demand that the Father take it from Him. He only asked for the cup to pass Him over if it was within the Fatherโs will.
Up next came the Cat of Nine Tails, or a Roman Flagrum. This was a weapon with long leather โtailsโ, each embedded with sharp bones and metal.
He was flogged 39 times as Jewish law mandated โ40 minus oneโ, because 40 was said to kill a man.
This flogging wasnโt like being punished by your fatherโs 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 werenโt 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 โฆ and He didnโt turn around. He kept going.
For us.
@NoBickal Iโm not mad at you I think youโre a good fighter but you should be below Diego lopes on the bout order. Youโre not in title contention and heโs already fought twice for the belt
Theory:
The fight that probably fell through was Jon Jones vs Alex Pereira.
Jones probably decided heโs truly ready to retire or even worse, Dana tried to make it an interim title fight which Jones obviously isnโt gonna do.
So now we have Pereira vs Gane.
@mmababes@GauthierMatt1@DovySimuMMA@KarynBryant NFL doesnโt do ppv.. this is the natural progression into turning into a mainstream sport retard. Karyn Bryant not being on the โdeskโ wonโt change anything for a single fan.
@GauthierMatt1@DovySimuMMA@KarynBryant UFC used to be able to charge PPV now it's free. It's not bigger then it was 2013-2017. UFC peaked with Conor McGregor it's much smaller now probably 1/10th as popular.
@Jeansilvamma96 The fuck are you talking about you moron, Volk didnโt even wanna fight Lopes he wanted Movsar or Murphy (who were MUCH more deserving) yet he still fought and beat the fuck out of Lopes a second time. Donโt come after the champ cause youโre an inbred retard fuck.
A championโs responsibility is to defend the belt.
It doesnโt matter who itโs against.
If the company puts someone in front of you, you fight.
Champions donโt pick opponents. Champions defend.
@DovySimuMMA He just needs to believe in himself. He didnโt look good against volk and just chased volk. Heโs going to cut the cage this time and pressure volk better. Wouldnโt be surprised if he gets a submission
@reddit_lies Doesn't anyone find it bizarre that movies about ww2 the allies have this bloodlust and hate for nazis like they already knew about the holocaust but no one knew about it until after the war ended?
@MikeAaronhall@tonyannett The point of my reply is why should Catholic Churches wholeheartedly embrace people who reject Christ? If you canโt receive communion without being in a state of grace, why should you expect refuge for being a non believer?
@cloudyastro@tonyannett Oddly enough, the Catholic church does claim to follow Christianity. Many of the clergy have gladly gone to martyrdom because of their belief, so being pushed around a little by masked things shouldn't be too much to bear.