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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Did Jesus Really Die on
the Cross?</span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>One Shining Moment Pt 2</span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>4.17.11
Integrity Bud Wrenn</span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'><a href="http://www.crossbooks.com/verse.asp?ref=Jn+19%3A30"><em><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>John 19:30</span></em></a><em><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> (NLT) When Jesus had tasted it,
he said, “It is finished!” Then he bowed his head and released his spirit. </span></em></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>The
Critic's Position: Jesus' reappearance was not a resurrection, but a <i><u>resuscitation</u></i>.</span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Pre-Cross
Torture</span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Psychological
Effect: Jesus sweat <i><u>drops of blood</u></i>. </span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a
href="http://www.crossbooks.com/verse.asp?ref=Lk+22%3A44"><span
style='color:black'>Luke 22:44</span></a> And being in an agony he prayed more
earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to
the ground. (KJV)</span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>The
Condition: <i><u>Hematidrosis</u></i></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Physical</span></b><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <b>Effect: Jesus skin
became</b> <b>incredibly sensitive</b>. </span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a
href="http://www.crossbooks.com/verse.asp?ref=Jn+19%3A1-3"><span
style='color:black'>John 19:1-3</span></a> Then Pilate had Jesus flogged with
a lead-tipped whip. [2] The soldiers made a crown of long, sharp thorns and put
it on his head, and they put a royal purple robe on him. [3] "Hail! King
of the Jews!" they mocked, and they hit him with their fists. (NLT)</span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Physiological</span></b><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <b>Effect: Jesus' pain
caused His body</b> <b>to go into<i> <u>Hypovolemic shock</u></i></b>.</span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>John
19:28 Jesus knew that everything was now finished, and to fulfill the
Scriptures he said, "I am thirsty." (NLT)</span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Psalm
69:21 .... they offer me sour wine to satisfy my thirst. (NLT)</span></i></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Torture
of the Cross</span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><strong><span style='font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a
href="http://www.crossbooks.com/verse.asp?ref=Jn+19%3A17-18"><span
style='color:black'>John 19:17-18</span></a> (NLT) </span></strong><sup><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>17 </span></sup><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Carrying the cross by
himself, he went to the place called Place of the Skull (in Hebrew, <em><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Golgotha</span></em>). <sup>18 </sup>There
they nailed him to the cross. Two others were crucified with him, one on either
side, with Jesus between them. </span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Wrists
attached to crossbar with</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'> <b><i><u>7 inch nails</u></i></b>.</span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Crossbar
attached to</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>
<b><i><u>vertical stake</u></i></b>. </span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Feet
attached to vertical stake with <i><u>7 inch nails</u></i>.</span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Psalm
22:16 My enemies surround me like a pack of dogs; an evil gang closes in on
me. They have pierced my hands and feet. (NLT)</span></i></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Physical
Results of the Cross</span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Arms
<i><u>stretched</u></i> and shoulders <i><u>dislocated</u></i>.</span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Psalm
22:14 My life is poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint....
(NLT)</span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Breathing
causes tearing of a) feet<i> </i>and b) back.</span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Physical
shock leads to <i><u>cardiac arrest</u></i>.</span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>John
19:34 One of the soldiers, however, pierced his side with a spear, and blood
and water flowed out. (NLT)</span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a
href="http://www.crossbooks.com/verse.asp?ref=Ps+22%3A14"><span
style='color:black'>Psalm 22:14</span></a> My life is poured out like water,
.... (NLT)</span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Physical
exhaustion leads to <i><u>suffocation</u></i>.</span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>John
19:31-32 The Jewish leaders didn't want the victims hanging there the next
day, …. So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the two men crucified with
Jesus. (NLT)</span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Psalm
34:20 he protects all his bones, not one of them will be broken. (NIV)</span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Conclusion</span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>What
was the motivation behind Jesus accepting this type of treatment? <i><u>LOVE</u></i>.</span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><em><b><span style='font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;font-style:normal'><a
href="http://www.crossbooks.com/verse.asp?ref=Jn+19%3A30"><strong><i><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;font-weight:normal;
text-decoration:none'>John 19:30</span></i></strong></a></span></b></em><strong><i><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;font-weight:normal'> (NLT) </span></i></strong><i><sup><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>30 </span></sup></i><i><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>When Jesus had tasted it,
he said, “It is finished!” Then he bowed his head and released his spirit. <br>
<b><a href="http://www.crossbooks.com/verse.asp?ref=Jn+19%3A33"><strong><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;font-weight:normal;
text-decoration:none'>John 19:33</span></strong></a></b><strong><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'> (NLT)</span></strong><strong><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></strong><sup>33 </sup>But
when they came to Jesus, they saw that he was already dead, so they didn’t
break his legs. </span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Hebrews
12:2 …. Jesus, …. was willing to die a shameful death on the cross because of
the joy he knew would be his afterward…... (NLT)</span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>1
John 4:10 This is real love. It is not that we loved God, but that he loved us
and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins. (NLT)</span></i></p>
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