Why Jesus had His hands and feet nailed through and bled?
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“And after twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on His head, and a reed in His right hand; and they knelt down before Him and mocked Him, saying, ‘Hail, King of the Jews!’ They spat on Him, and took the reed and began to beat Him on the head. After they had mocked Him, they took the scarlet robe off Him and put His own garments back on Him, and led Him away to crucify Him.” (Matthew 27:29-31)
The crucifixion was one of the cruelest executions in the Roman Empire. They crucified the condemned nailing through their hands and feet on the wooden cross. When they erected the cross, the criminal had their hands and feet torn apart by their weight and had an excruciating and deadly pain Jesus was blameless but endured all those sufferings on our behalf to save us. His crucifixion didn’t stop at the physical pain, but the mental pain was even greater when those under the cross humiliated and ridiculed Him. He shed all His blood from the cross under the scorching sun, and harmful insects attacked Him who was severely exhausted and dehydrated. When they said to Him, “You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save Yourself! If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross,” He had to endure their insults and ridicules. But such sufferings were not His greatest pain. He felt even greater pain because many were still ignorant that He had borne all the cruses on their behalf and were going the way of eternal destruction without accepting Him in their stubborn heart. Jesus opened the door to human salvation by paying the price of all men’s sins. His crucifixion was not a mere punishment but the historical hour of the fulfillment of God’s plan for human salvation. Jesus bore the burdens of all our sins, and completed God’s plan for human salvation. The reason that Jesus had His hands and feet nailed through on the cross was to redeem us from the sins we committed with our hands and feet. People commit a lot of sins with their hands and feet. They strike others, steal, gamble, or make violence with their hands. Anyone who has sinned are doomed to die in the body and to receive eternal punishment according to the law of the spiritual realm, saying, “the wages of sin is death.” Jesus bore all our sins and was crucified on our behalf, and died on the cross. Therefore, through His redemptive blood, we can be forgiven of the sins we have committed with our hands and feet, and we don’t have to pay for it on our own. In Mark 9:45, Jesus said, “If your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life lame, than, having your two feet, to be cast into hell.” However, Jesus was crucified and paid the price for all our sins and His precious blood washed away our sins that we committed with our hand sand feet. That’s why we have no reason to be punished that way. We can be forgiven of our sins and go the way of salvation by His redemptive grace. Jesus’ crucifixion is the sign of His love and salvation for us. We should bear His grace in our mind and repent with a sincere heart, and then turn back from the sinful way and obey the will of God. We should rely on Jesus’ precious blood and follow the Spirit so that we can walk in the Light and lead a pure and obedient life. Only then, can we reveal the glory of God in our daily life and open the door to preaching the gospel. We should bring back to our remembrance Jesus’ grace and love daily and lead a holy life by the guidance of the Spirit.
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