The King Of Heaven Stands Now & Forever

[youve-been-haxed]

I think it's interesting Jesus was a carpenter

I mean He used to fix up and make furniture and other things. He likely was quite used to using nails. But the whole time, I bet He knew every single time He hit a nail into the wood, He was preparing Himself to be nailed to the cross so that He could fix us up and make us new. 

[quarter-mistress]

God took 37 chapters in the book of Job to speak to him. Can I trust the Lord- even in silence?

[allofthegrero-blog]

[christ-our-glory]

The Anatomical And Physiological Details Of Death By Crucifixion: By Dr. C. Truman Davis A Physician Analyzes the Crucifixion. From New Wine Magazine, April 1982. Originally published in Arizona Medicine, March 1965, Arizona Medical Association. Crucifixion was invented by the Persians in 300 BC, and perfected by the Romans in 100 BC. 1. It is the most painful death ever invented by man and is where we get our term “excruciating.” 2. It was reserved primarily for the most vicious of male criminals. Jesus refused the anaesthetic wine which was offered to Him by the Roman soldiers because of His promise in Matthew 26:29, “But I say to you, I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it new with you in My Father’s kingdom.” 3. Jesus was stripped naked and His clothing divided by the Roman guards. This was in fulfilment of Psalm 22:18, “They divide My garments among them, and for My clothing they cast lots.” 4. The Crucifixion of Jesus guaranteed a horrific, slow, painful death. Having been nailed the Cross, Jesus now had an impossible anatomical position to maintain. 5. Jesus’ knees were flexed at about 45 degrees, and He was forced to bear His weight with the muscles of His thigh, which is not an anatomical position which is possible to maintain for more than a few minutes without severe cramp in the muscles of the thigh and calf. 6. Jesus’ weight was borne on His feet, with nails driven through them. As the strength of the muscles of Jesus’ lower limbs tired, the weight of His body had to be transferred to His wrists, His arms, and His shoulders. 7. Within a few minutes of being placed on the Cross, Jesus’ shoulders were dislocated. Minutes later Jesus’ elbows and wrists became dislocated. 8. The result of these upper limb dislocations is that His arms were 9 inches longer than normal, as clearly shown on the Shroud. [Whether you believe the Shroud of Turin is the image of Him or not, that’s the reality for people that died of crucifixion.] 9. In addition, prophecy was fulfilled in Psalm 22:14, “I am poured out like water, and all My bones are out of joint.” 10. After Jesus’ wrists, elbows, and shoulders were dislocated, the weight of His body on his upper limbs caused traction forces on the Pectoralis major muscles of His chest wall. 11. These traction forces caused His rib cage to be pulled upwards and outwards, in a most unnatural state. His chest wall was permanently in a position of maximal respiratory inspiration. In order to exhale, Jesus was physiologically required to force His body. 12. In order to breathe out, Jesus had to push down on the nails in His feet to raise His body, and allow His rib cage to move downwards and inwards to expire air from His lungs. 13. His lungs were in a resting position of constant maximum inspiration. Crucifixion is a medical catastrophe. 14. The problem was that Jesus could not easily push down on the nails in His feet because the muscles of His legs, bent at 45 degrees, were extremely fatigued, in severe cramp, and in an anatomically compromised position. 15. Unlike all Hollywood movies about the Crucifixion, the victim was extremely active. The crucified victim was physiologically forced to move up and down the cross, a distance of about 12 inches, in order to breathe. 16. The process of respiration caused excruciating pain, mixed with the absolute terror of asphyxiation. 17. As the six hours of the Crucifixion wore on, Jesus was less and less able to bear His weight on His legs, as His thigh and calf muscles became increasingly exhausted. There was increasing dislocation of His wrists, elbows and shoulders, and further elevation of His chest wall, making His breathing more and more difficult.  Within minutes of crucifixion Jesus became severely dyspnoeic (short of breath).

18. His movements up and down the Cross to breathe caused excruciating pain in His wrist, His feet, and His dislocated elbows and shoulders. 19. The movements became less frequent as Jesus became increasingly exhausted, but the terror of imminent death by asphyxiation forced Him to continue in His efforts to breathe. 20. Jesus’ lower limb muscles developed excruciating cramp from the effort of pushing down on His legs, to raise His body, so that He could breathe out, in their anatomically compromised position. 21. The pain from His two shattered median nerves in His wrists exploded with every movement. 22. Jesus was covered in blood and sweat. 23. The blood was a result of the Scourging that nearly killed Him, and the sweat as a result of His violent involuntary attempts to effort to expire air from His lungs. Throughout all this, He was completely naked, and the leaders of the Jews, the crowds, and the thieves on both sides of Him were jeering, swearing and laughing at Him. In addition, Jesus’ own mother was watching. 24. Physiologically, Jesus’ body was undergoing a series of catastrophic and terminal events. 25. Because Jesus could not maintain adequate ventilation of His lungs, He was now in a state of hypoventilation (inadequate ventilation). 26. His blood oxygen level began to fall, and He developed Hypoxia (low blood oxygen). In addition, because of His restricted respiratory movements, His blood carbon dioxide (CO2) level began to rise, a condition known as Hypercapnia. 27. This rising CO2 level stimulated His heart to beat faster in order to increase the delivery of oxygen, and the removal of CO2. 28. The Respiratory Centre in Jesus’ brain sent urgent messages to his lungs to breathe faster, and Jesus began to pant. 29. Jesus’ physiological reflexes demanded that He took deeper breaths, and He involuntarily moved up and down the Cross much faster, despite the excruciating pain. The agonising movements spontaneously started several times a minute, to the delight of the crowd who jeered Him, the Roman soldiers, and the Sanhedrin. 30. However, due to the nailing of Jesus to the Cross and His increasing exhaustion, He was unable to provide more oxygen to His oxygen starved body. 31. The twin forces of Hypoxia (too little oxygen) and Hypercapnia (too much CO2) caused His heart to beat faster and faster, and Jesus developed Tachycardia. 32. Jesus’ heart beat faster and faster, and His pulse rate was probably about 220 beats per minute, the maximum normally sustainable. 33. Jesus had drunk nothing for 15 hours, since 6 pm the previous evening. Jesus had endured a scourging which nearly killed Him. 34. He was bleeding from all over His body following the Scourging, the crown of thorns, the nails in His wrists and feet, and the lacerations following His beatings and falls. 35. Jesus was already very dehydrated, and His blood pressure fell alarmingly. 36. His blood pressure was probably about 80/50. 37. He was in First Degree Shock, with Hypovolemia (low blood volume), Tachycardia (excessively fast Heart Rate), Tachypnoea (excessively fast Respiratory Rate), and Hyperhidrosis (excessive sweating). 38. By about noon Jesus’ heart probably began to fail. 39. Jesus’ lungs probably began to fill up with Pulmonary Oedema. 40. This only served to exacerbate His breathing, which was already severely compromised. 41. Jesus was in Heart Failure and Respiratory Failure. 42. Jesus said, “I thirst” (John 19:28) because His body was crying out for fluids. 43. Jesus was in desperate need of an intravenous infusion of blood and plasma to save His life 44. Jesus could not breathe properly and was slowly suffocating to death. 45. At this stage Jesus probably developed a Hemopericardium. 46. Plasma and blood gathered in the space around His heart, called the Pericardium. 47. This fluid around His heart caused Cardiac Tamponade (fluid around His heart, which prevented Jesus’ heart from beating properly). 48. Because of the increasing physiological demands on Jesus’ heart, and the advanced state of Hemopericardium, Jesus probably eventually sustained Cardiac Rupture. His heart literally burst. This was probably the cause of His death. 49. To slow the process of death the soldiers put a small wooden seat on the Cross, which would allow Jesus the “privilege” of bearing His weight on his sacrum. 50. The effect of this was that it could take up to nine days to die on a Cross. 51. When the Romans wanted to expedite death they would simply break the legs of the victim, causing the victim to suffocate in a matter of minutes. This was called Crucifragrum. 52. At three o’clock in the afternoon Jesus said, “Tetelastai,” meaning, “It is finished.” (John 19:30) At that moment, He gave up His Spirit, and He died. 53. When the soldiers came to Jesus to break His legs, He was already dead. Not a bone of His body was broken, in fulfilment of prophecy. 54. Jesus died after six hours of the most excruciating and terrifying torture ever invented. 55. Jesus died so that ordinary people like you and me could go to Heaven. All He Asks You is to Love Him, Your Lord, Your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind.

[semperreformanda]

once saved, always repenting

[overwhelmedbyhislove]

I am struck today with the peace that comes with trusting in God and His plan. The peace that comes with the knowledge that God’s plan is unchangeable, God’s plan is full of good towards us, and that God’s plan is perfect. God did not promise us a life without pain, without confusion, without heartache and despair and loss, but God did promise us that He loves us, that He is our foundation, that He is there beside us. We can trust in His penmanship over our lives. It amazes me, comforts me. We can rest fully in God. We can find peace in God, in the midst of any circumstance. Even when I can’t see God’s plan, I can trust in God. I am so, so thankful for my God. May I show it always.

[goodnewsfeedorg]

If I’m honest with you, I’m a little tired of all these feel good posts that are giving out false hope. Yes, God will sometimes deliver you right away and do a miracle, other times He’ll just give you the strength to make it through. We aren’t promised a comfortable life but we are promised a fulfilled life and that Christ will be with us. We can make it through. -Mark https://ift.tt/37wHeqR

[goodnewsfeedorg]

Jer. 17:9 https://ift.tt/2SbYxcn

[little-ellybean]

You know what’s amazing? No matter how long you have gone without talking to God, without being in His presence, as soon as you turn back to Him, He is right there. With open arms, just waiting for you. And then He embraces you, and you can feel His overwhelming love. His peace and comfort, and everything is okay again.

He’s a really good God. 

[lheiongsitco-reblogs-blog]

This is such a Great Message

[therealpobox]

sometimes we complain about the cross we bear not realizing that it’s preparing us for the dip in the road that God can see and we cannot…

Forever reblog.

AMEN!

[kumiegeire]

brushing gold - tenderly loved

(Brushing Gold is a series of reflection posts on my personal journey to rediscover my — and your — value in Christ.)

He will protect His flock like a shepherd, He will gather the lambs in His arm, He will carry them in His bosom; He will gently and carefully lead those nursing their young.  - Isaiah 40:11 AMP

You ever fall into that state where your walk with God feels a little more like a familiar routine than an exciting, loving and dynamic relationship with your Father? I have. Sometimes I get so into the swing rhythm of life that while I know objectively that God is good to me, I forget just how tenderly He loves me. He’s not a distant Father who puts food on the table and provides for your needs, then disappears behind a newspaper or a TV screen for the rest of the night. He’s the Father who sits down with you and eagerly asks you how your day went, who can’t wait to spend every single moment with you, who can’t stop thinking about you, who watches over you tirelessly while you sleep. He’s the Father who (like the verse above says) gathers you in His arms, and holds you close to His heart. He isn’t gruff in His ways, but gentle, patient, and oh so careful with you. You are tenderly loved. 

[peterdwebb]

He calls you priceless. The God who made everything and knows everything about everything. He calls you priceless. There’s no end to the kindness in His heart for you. There’s no end to the love. 

[newlifepureheart]

If you really love God, maybe it’s time to mature in your faith. Maybe it’s time to realize that true love never takes advantage of the other person’s patience and longsuffering. Love doesn’t ask questions like, “How much is too much?” or “How far is too far?” It doesn’t say, “Hey, if I walk away and do my own thing for a while, I can always come back.” Instead, it grieves over the thought of breaking that precious fellowship even for a moment. It sticks close to home and tries to stay clean. Its desire is always to please and honor the beloved.

[faithwalkjournal]

The golden rule for understanding spiritually is not intellect, but obedience. If a man wants scientific knowledge, intellectual curiosity is his guide; but if he wants insight into what Jesus Christ teaches, he can only get it by obedience.

[thesovereignword]

May we acquire great biblical knowledge and understanding, but may we never allow that great learning to make us arrogant, unfeeling, and unkind towards others.

In the same exact way,

may we learn to love with our whole hearts, but may we never let our emotions take us over so much that we abandon biblical truth and wisdom for pleasant sensations and favorable assumptions.

Love without knowledge is dangerous to mislead. Biblical knowledge without love is meaningless and vain.

These two things must go hand in hand.

That’s so important.

[hertrueworth]

📝 - @speerandarrows ⇠ follow!⁣ ⁣ Here’s the deal. God will give provision for what He has commissioned but that doesn’t mean it wont cost you something.⁣ ⁣ You have a vision planted deep within your heart and you have an anointed assignment. You’ve been given passions and abilities, for a reason. Where you lack, He fills in the gap.⁣ ⁣ God has a habit of appointing the least likely. The last kid to be picked for the team. The underdog. The teachable, the meek and the humble. That’s just how He rolls.⁣ ⁣ Sweet friend, you do not need the worlds permission to do what God has commissioned. Your mission is wherever your feet are. You carry the good news wherever you go sister. You can serve God in the market place, on the carpet picking up your toddler’s Cheerios or behind a salon chair. You can do God’s work literally anywhere.⁣ ⁣ I feel like this is for someone specific: Whatever you do. Wherever you go. Do it all as if it is unto the Lord girl.⁣ ⁣ “Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters.” Colossians 3:23,NIV⁣ ⁣ You may fall, you might fail but God’s plan is not reliant on you. You need only rely on Him. Ya dig?! Show up and do the work. Let Him handle the rest. — view on Instagram https://ift.tt/2ZEpkjt

[magentaxxx]

Don’t quit praying.. God knows how rough this has been and it still may be.. But He delivers. It may be overnight.. It may take longer than we wanted.. But He will give what He promises

[golivebyfaith]

“If God is going to take you where He wants you to go, you can’t be bound to where you have been.”

— Tony Evans (via kindquotesdaily)