The Manliest Man

The manliness of a man is often determined by the amount of pain that man has endured.

By that standard, Jesus Christ is the manliest man ever.

Unfortunately, we have been pumped full of "the drag-queen Jesus images that portray him with long, flowing, feathered hair, perfect teeth, and soft-skin, draped in a comfortable dress accessorized by matching open-toed sandals and handbag" as Mark Driscoll puts it (Vintage Jesus, pg 31). That Jesus would run from pain.

However, the real Jesus was willing endured the full effects of the wrath of God--the most painful pain know to man--for each individual in history that the Father gave to Him. A dose of this pain is unbearable for any individual and is enough to kill an individual for eternity, but Jesus endured it for many and it could not hold Him for 72 hours.

That's manly.