A look back at easter

So easter came and passed. We went to church song some hymns and went back home. But how many of us actually paid attention to what the pastor was saying? A lot of times it may be the same thing over and over so we tend to zone out during service. Almost every Christ follower knows that easter celebrates the resurrection of Jesus but what happened before he overcame death. I was watching a special on crucification and was disgusted by what they did to a human being. Jesus arrived on earth in the worst time. The roman age was the torture age. Death was as common as seeing someone go to McDonald's. The Romans loved to prolong death and increase the amount of pain in a person. The first step in a crucification is that the criminal is whipped harshly on the back. This continues until the person's back is turned into a pulp. By this point Jesus was forced to carry a 100 pound cross beam a mile through the streets. On his way he was spit on and whipped again. When he fell with the cross it would caused severe trauma to the chest and caused a bruised heart. This meant he had a high chance of his heart rupturing. When he finally got to the sight they tied his hands to the cross beam then shoved 4 inch nails through his hands. Next they raised him on the cross and nailed his feet to the side of the cross. This would make it so he could breath a little better in order to prolong the agony. The pain he endured was unimaginable. When he raised himself up to breath his ripped back would scrape along the rough wood. Immense strain was put on his legs and he could hardly breath. After 4 hours he gave his spirit to God. If this was not enough he also suffered a spiritual death. Something we will never experience. Not only that but his spirit supported an eternity of sin on his spirit. No human is capable of this. He was then put in the tomb and as was predicted rose in three days. When he rose from the dead he showed that he could conquer physical and spiritual death. Jesus can do anything and everything. Impossible doesn't mean it can't be done it just means it hasn't been done yet. What God did for us was no less than the greatest act of love ever done. No one can ever do what he did. When you're down just remember God's love.