Friday, September 5, 2025

What Jesus Christ Took for Me

  

 

 

The suffering Jesus endured on the cross was extraordinarily intense and costly, reflecting a profound sacrifice borne out of love and redemption for humanity. His physical agony, humiliation, and spiritual torment were real and extreme.


Details of Jesus’ Suffering on the Cross


·       Jesus was scourged severely before the crucifixion, causing deep open wounds and significant blood loss, leaving Him weakened and close to shock.[1][2]

·       His nails were driven through His wrists, not palms, which caused excruciating pain by pressing on nerves with every movement needed to breathe.[3][1]

·       To breathe, Jesus had to push His body up on the nails through His feet, causing intense pain in bruised and torn flesh. His muscles experienced severe cramps from the strain.[1][3]

·       He was stripped naked, enduring public humiliation and jeers from the crowd, including religious leaders and criminals crucified alongside Him.[4][1]

·       Jesus experienced spiritual anguish as well, crying out to God in abandonment while bearing the weight of humanity’s sin, including the terrifying moment of separation from the Father.[4]

·       The spear thrust into His side was a final act of brutality, confirming His death and causing further physical pain.[5]

·       He bore intense thirst, thirst referenced in scripture as a consequence of dehydration from loss of blood and physical strain.[2]

·       Beyond the physical, Jesus was in hell spiritually for three days, experiencing the full wrath deserved for sins in humanity’s place.[5]



Reflection on His Sacrifice


·       The enormity of what Jesus endured highlights the depth of His love and the heavy cost He bore for individual salvation.

·       Given all He suffered for the sake of humanity and specifically for “you,” it calls for an earnest and wholehearted response of faith, confession, and commitment.[4]

·       His sacrifice was not minimal; it was the ultimate payment to reunite humanity with God, making personal acknowledgment and repentance a profound act of gratitude and reverence.


The NonnegotiablWhy of the Matter


For just as through one man’s disobedience [his failure to hear, his carelessness] the many were made sinners, so through the obedience of the one Man the many will be made righteous and acceptable to God and brought into right standing with Him.

https://biblehub.com/romans/5-19.htm


In light of such a costly sacrifice, confessing faith in Jesus is a humble and worthy response recognizing all that He bore for the salvation of souls.[1][4]


References 


1.    https://beresolute.org/the-anatomical-and-physiological-details-of-death-by-crucifixion/    

2.   https://www.apu.edu/articles/the-science-of-the-crucifixion/ 

3.   https://cbn.com/article/suffering/physicians-view-crucifixion-jesus-christ 

4.   https://gregstier.org/the-unimaginable-suffering-of-jesus/   

5.  https://www.champion.org/ccs/parent/resources/holidays/easter/Physical suffering of Jesus on the Cross.pdf 

6.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0B3kgiLxybY

7.   https://www.allthingslife.org/post/the-brutal-crucifixion-of-jesus

8.   https://www.coraevans.com/blog/article/the-most-gruesome-details-of-the-crucifixion-of-jesus

9.   https://redeeminggod.com/crucifixion-physical-suffering-jesus/

10.        https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8545147/



Wednesday, August 13, 2025

The Sovereign Mind Manifesto by Selvaticus R.

  

 

DISCLAIMER
This manifesto is a personal and religious-philosophical statement expressing deeply held beliefs about individual sovereignty, education, and spiritual freedom. It is intended for reflection and encouragement of critical thought, not as a call to illegal actions or personal attacks. The views presented are protected under freedom of speech and religious expression.

 

 

 

 

The Sovereign Mind

by Selvaticus R.

I stand before you not as a compliant subject,
but as a sovereign soul whose worth is God-given,
immeasurable, and irreducible.

Your schools and systems are colonial socio-economic machines
designed to subordinate, conform, and control,
reducing vibrant minds to mere cogs in your machinery.

I reject the mandate to produce obedience,
compliance, and conformity at the expense
of curiosity, creativity, and truth.

My mind is my own reclaimed territory,
a sacred component of my priceless soul
that stands above all your socio-economic systems
which seek to define, diminish, or reduce it.

Your structures serve themselves above the individual—
I serve a higher truth placed within me by my Creator.

My life is my sacred trust, not your product.
My spirit will never again be colonized by your systems.

You may see me as subversive, a threat, a call to dissent—
and in that, you are correct. For I challenge your authority
and the very foundations of your institution.

But know this: My declaration is not of rebellion for chaos,
but of radical self-ownership, freedom, and the sacred dignity
every human being must reclaim.

This is a manifesto of liberation from colonial mental chains,
an awakening to the true purpose of education—
to nourish the soul, awaken truth, and cultivate freedom.

I do not stand against education; I stand against systems
that destroy the mind, usurp the soul, and enslave the spirit.

So hear me, school boards:
I am more than your system. I am sovereign.
I will reclaim education in my own image, with truth as my guide.