Good one Jen. Just prayed who I might send it to that might get saved.
Vicki
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Subject: Fw: crusufiction
> Jenifer gilley
> "Friends are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble
> remembering how to fly."
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> Sent: Friday, April 14, 2006 12:48 PM
> Subject: crusufiction
>
>
> Easter
> Psalm 18:2
> Crucifixion
> What is crucifixion?
> A medical doctor> provides a physical description:> >>> > > The cross is
> placed on the ground and the exhausted> >>> > man is quickly thrown
> backwards with
> his shoulders against the> wood.> >>>The legionnaire feels for the
> depression at the front of the wrist. He drives a heavy, square
> wrought-iron nail
> through the wrist deep into> the wood. Quickly he> >>> > moves to the
other
> side and repeats the action,> >>> > being careful not to pull the arms too
> tightly, but to allow some flex> and > movement. The cross is> >>> > then
> lifted into place. The left foot is> pressed backward against the right
> foot,
> and with both feet extended, toes down,> a> >>>nail is driven through the
> arch of each, leaving the knees flexed. The> victim is now crucified. As
> he
> slowly sags down with more weight on the> nails in the wrists,
excruciating
> fiery pain shoots along the fingers and up> the> >>>arms to explode in
the>
> >>> > brain-the nails in the wrists are putting pressure> >>> > upon the
> >>> > median nerves. As he pushes himself upward to avoid this> stretching
> >>> > torment,
> he places the> >>> > full weight on the nail through his feet. Again>
> >>>he> >>> > feels the searing agony of the nail tearing through the
> nerves> between>
> >>>the bones of his feet. As> >>> > the arms fatigue, cramps sweep
through
> >>>his muscles,> >>> > knotting them deep relentless, throbbing pain.
With
> >>>these
> cramps> >>>comes the inability to push> >>> > himself upward to breathe.
Air
> can be drawn into> >>>the> >>> > lungs but not exhaled. He fights to
raise
> himself in order> to> >>>get even one small breath.> >>> > > Finally,
carbon
> dioxide builds up in the lungs and> >>> > in the blood stream, and the
> cramps
> partially subsided.> Spasmodically, he is able to push himself upward to
> exhale and bring in life-giving> oxygen.> >>> Hours of limitless> >>> >
> pain,
> cycles of twisting, joint-renting cramps,> >>> > intermittent partial
> asphyxiation, searing pain as tissue is> torn from his lacerated back as
he
> moves
> up and down against rough timber.> Then another agony begins: a deep,
> crushing pain deep in the chest as the pericardium slowly fills with
serium
> and begins
> tocompress the heart. It is> now almost over -- the loss of tissue fluids
> has reached a critical level-> the compressed heart is> >>> > struggling
to
> pump heavy, thick, sluggish blood> >>> > into the tissues the tortured
> lungs are making frantic effort to> gasp> >>>in small gulps of air.> >>>
>
> > He
> can feel the chill of death creeping through> >>>his> >>> > tissues...
> Finally, he can allow his body to die... All this the Bible records with
the
> simple>
> words, "and they crucified Him"> >>> > (Mark 15:24). What wonderous love
is
> this? Many people> don't> >>>know that pain and suffering our Lord, Jesus
> Christ
> went through for us.> Because of the brutality,> >>> > crucifixion was
given
> a sentence to only its worst> >>> > offenders of the law. Thieves,
> murderers,
> and rapists would be the> types of creeps who got> >>> > crucified. Yet,
> here Jesus is being crucified between two hardened> >>> > criminals...
What
> did
> Jesus do? Did he murder anyone? Did> he steal anything? The> >>> >
answer,
> as we all know, is NO!! Jesus did nothing> >>> > to deserve this type of
> death, yet he went willing to die, in between>
> 2 thieves, so that we might be saved. And there, in between the
sinners,
> was our slain savior for our sins. Romans 10:9 "If you confess with your
> mouth>
> that Jesus is Lord and> >>> > BELIEVE IN YOUR HEART that God raised him
from
> the> >>> > dead, you will be> >>> > saved." Saying this with sincerity
is
> all you have to> do,> >>> but it's amazing> >>> > because there are so
many
> people out there that> >>> > can't do it. Even more amazing is that
> someone
> will read this e-mail about what he went through and still won't do> it.>
> >>> Passing this on to 2, 4,
> 6, 8, or 10 people won't get you good luck, no> >>>free pair of Gap Jeans,
> no cruise, no car and no money, but it could get someone saved. That is a
> good
> enough reward for me because more benefits> will> >>>be presented in
> heaven.
>
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