@The Anointed,
Continued from previous post.
Did Jesus really die on the cross, and does it really matter if he didn’t? For the death of a man can only pay the blood price for the life of that man, and we know it was the spiritual Son of Man who offered his life for the sins of the body in which he develops.
Crucifixion resulted in death through anyone of two ways. one way was hypovolemic shock, which can cause fluid to gather in the area around the heart. This is called pericardial effusion.
Another way that death would occur during crucifixion was due to asphyxiation, which occurs when the person is unable to breathe in enough oxygen to survive.
The victim’s weight was inhibiting him to breath and he had to keep pulling himself up with his hands which were nailed to the wooden beam, or pushing up with his feet which were also nailed to the stake.
Eventually, he would no longer be able to push up and due to the lack of Oxygen would pass out and die.
There are those who believe that Jesus did not die, but was unconscious when the Roman soldier came to check, the other two who were crucified with Jesus, were still trying to push themselves up in their attempt to breath, so their legs were broken, and no longer able to breath they died within minutes, but the guard seeing the unconscious Jesus thought that he was dead, and didn’t bother to break his legs, but instead, shoved a spear into his side, most likely under his ribs, which ruptured the pericardial sack, releasing the water with the blood that was still flowing through his body.
John the beloved disciple was still there and later went to great pains to call our attention to the fact that both blood and water flowed from the body of Jesus, by saying in John 19: 35; (The one who saw this happen has spoken of it, so that you might believe that what he said was true, and he knows that he speaks the truth.) Shortly after that, Joseph and Nicodemus took the body down and buried it in the cave Just as the sun was setting on Wednesday afternoon.
How long after the heart stops beating does the blood stop flowing? It only takes three to four minutes for the person to become brain dead due to a lack of oxygen.
But, as said previously, it doesn’t matter if he didn’t actually die, because his death could not pay the blood price for those who had sinned in obedience to the evolving Spirit in the human race, only the ’Son of Man’ could pay that penalty.
Jesus had to convince his disciples who thought that he was a ghost, that he was not a spiritual being and that he was still a human of flesh and blood, by eating the food they offered him, but we also know that he was later translated as were Enoch and Elijah, and ascended to the heavenly throne of our Father.
3-5 days after death — the body starts to bloat and blood-containing foam leaks from the mouth and nose. 8-10 days after death — the body turns from green to red as the blood decomposes and the organs in the abdomen accumulate gas. Several weeks after death — nails and teeth fall out. 1 month after death — the body starts to liquify.