About this user
"I'm a Christian, I've enlisted, and yes I'm SOLD OUT!"
Just in case you wonder why I live for Jesus Christ and why you should too:
The Roman legionnaire steps forward with the flagrum (or flagellum) in his hand. This is a short whip consisting of several heavy, leather thongs with two small balls of lead attached near the ends of each. The heavy whip is brought down with full force again and again across Jesus' shoulders, back, and legs. At first the thongs cut through the skin only. Then, as the blows continue, they cut deeper into the subcutaneous tissues, producing first an oozing of blood from the capillaries and veins of the skin, and finally spurting arterial bleeding from vessels in the underlying muscles.
The small balls of lead first produce large, deep bruises which are broken open by subsequent blows. Finally the skin of the back is hanging in long ribbons and the entire area is an unrecognizable mass of torn, bleeding tissue. When it is determined by the centurion in charge that the prisoner is near death, the beating is finally stopped...
and that's just the flogging... that doesn't even describe the actual crucifixion. IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ME, but Christ took on my punishment. I am so grateful that His wounds paid my ransom. My life is a response to His grace and it is His love that compels me.
Age
27
Country
United States
Interests
Hangin with my peeps