.
I know your life
on earth was troubled
And only you could
know the pain
You weren't afraid
to face the devil
You were no stranger
to the rain
Go rest high on that
mountain
Son your work on
earth is done
Go to heaven a-shoutin'
Love for the Father
and the Son
Oh how we cried
that day you left us
And gathered
'round your grave to grieve
Wish I could see
the angel's faces
When they hear your
sweet voice sing
Go rest high on that
mountain
Son your work on
earth is done
Go to heaven a-shoutin'
Love for the Father
and the Son
Go to heaven a-shoutin'
Love for the Father
and the Son
Song by: Vince
Gill
Not written about
Jesus
but very appropriate
I
would say.
.
Jesus went through
this for us
...be challenged,
be blessed.
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 on 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 bones of his feet. As the arms
fatigue, cramps sweep through his muscles, knotting them deep relentless,
and 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 serum and begins to compress
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 allows his body to die.
All this the Bible
records with the simple words, "and they crucified Him" (Mark 15:24).
What wondrous
love is this..
.
