Proof and Prophecies for the Shroud of Turin being the burial cloth of Jesus: -------------------------------------------- Recent science results have indicated that the 1988 carbon dating of the Shroud of Turin may in fact be misdated due to bacteria and fungus build up (1). The build up only had to be 18% more than that seen for the cloths on mummy #1770 which shows a 1000 year error. This is not a significant error given the UNKNOWN environment and storage for the shroud.
(click here to see the 18% calculation)
So what does the Bible say about the shroud: ---------------------------------------------------------- * Matches what John in Revelation said when he was told by Jesus to write all that he saw. He then turned and recognized Jesus with "his head and his hair were white like wool, as white as snow" and was surrounded by GOLDEN candle sticks. This shows up when the shroud image is intensity NEGATIVE and the color remains POSITIVE:
Previous negative images of the shroud did not
hold the color positive and the negatives came out
blue in color, often the color was removed for a
black and white image. Keeping the color positive
and intact, shows the GOLDEN candle sticks or
lampstands on the right and left sides of Jesus.
* Further, this POSITIVE color, NEGATIVE intensity image
also matches what John in Revelation said about the
2 lampstands in front of God (Jesus is the ARM OF GOD)
and that they'd be clothed in sack cloth.
* Also matches Zec 4 where there are 2 GOLDEN pipes on
either side of God and the angel told Zechariah:
=======================================
Not by MIGHT or POWER, but by my SPIRIT
=======================================
since Jesus did not use MIGHT or POWER to save us,
he saved by imparting the SPIRIT of God after his
death. No MIGHT or POWER was used even when presented
with a brutal death at the hands of those he came to
save.
* Also matches Isaiah 52 "God will make BARE his HOLY ARM
(Jesus is the ARM OF GOD, hence God himself as given
in Isaiah 53 and Jesus is stark naked on the shroud)
in the eyes of all the nations and all the ends of
the earth shall see (only recently have all the nations
been able to view the shroud) the salvation (Jesus
died for our sins) of our God".
* Matches Zec 12:10 "and they shall look upon ME (again
Jesus is the ARM OF GOD) whom they have PIERCED
(Jesus was pierced and died on the cross) and shall
MOURN for him as a son (Jesus was a Jew)". The Jews
in Jerusalem CHEERED when Jesus died and will CHEER
when he returns. They will only MOURN when they realize
it's Jesus on the shroud. Notice that the Jews are
NOW in Jerusalem.
* Matches where God said in Due 5:15 that his
===================================
"mighty hand and stretched out ARM"
===================================
saved the Hebrews, likewise, Jesus was sent to save us.
Now notice on the shroud that Jesus has what appears
to be a slightly longer right arm. Jesus admitted to
being AT LEAST God's HAND and God said his "stretched
out arm" saved them (Jesus was sent to save us by
dying for our sins, and God gives followers into
Jesus's hand). So it follows that Jesus could as well
display a "stretched out arm" beings how he is to save
the followers given to him by God into Jesus's hand.
* Also matches Job 40 where God says in no small terms
that no man's RIGHT ARM can save them. Obviously Jesus
is also given in the bible to now be on the RIGHT HAND
of God and was sent to save us. These coupled with the
"stretched out ARM" which is also displayed by the
RIGHT ARM on the shroud (image above is a mirror image),
you can then realize that Jesus's RIGHT HAND and ARM
are both MIGHTY and "stretched out" similar to what
God said in Job 40 and Due 5:15 in the bible. The
difference being that where God sent his ARM to save
the Hebrews using MIGHT and POWER (Due 5:15), God then
sends Jesus to save NOT using MIGHT or POWER (Zec 4), but
still displaying the MIGHTY HAND and stretched out
ARM. See Isaiah 53 where the ARM OF GOD is to save
us from our sins.
Likewise:
Isa 59:1 Behold, the LORD'S hand is NOT SHORTENED,
that it cannot save;
Jesus's ARM and HAND are NOT SHORTENED on the shroud
and are in fact MIGHTY and STRETCHED OUT since Jesus
was sent as the ARM OF GOD to save us from our sins.
* Also matches 2 prophecies, one in the Old Testament
and a similar one in the New Testament:
Isa 42:3 A bruised reed shall he not break, and
=====================================
the smoking flax shall he not quench:
=====================================
he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.
Notice that the image was BURNED into the shroud
by Jesus while he resurrected. Obviously the linen
was smoking afterwards since Jesus didn't stop
the BURNING of the linen while the image formed.
The New Testament repeats the prophecy and ADMITS it's
about Jesus himself:
Mt 12:20 A bruised reed shall he not break, and
smoking flax shall he not quench, till he
send forth judgment unto victory.
So not only is there the Isaiah prophecy written
750 years prior to Jesus, but there is the claim
made in the New Testament that Jesus himself is
the one fulfilling that prophecy.
* Matches Isaiah 50:6 "I gave my back to the smiters,
and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I
hid not my face from shame and spitting". You can
see on the shroud that Jesus has one side of his face
where they've apparently pulled off part of his beard.
You can also see where he's been beaten on the back
on the upper half of the shroud that includes his
back side view (2).
* Matches "For wheresoever the carcass (shroud) is, there
will the eagles be gathered" as there is NO body of
Jesus since he ascended into heaven. There is only the
shroud with Jesus shown as being dead, as a life sized
image burned on the burial cloth and with his own shed
blood on it.
The time the prophecies were written are:
---------------------------------------------------------
* Isaiah prophecies were written 750 years prior to Jesus.
* Zec 12 was written 520 years prior to Jesus.
* Revelation was written in 70 AD.
* Jesus died and raised from the dead in 30 AD.
What's just as much astounding is that those GOLDEN
candle sticks or lampstands in front of and on the
sides of Jesus are formed by the end results of
THREE major fires, water damage, and some patched
new cloth triangles being sown where the material
was burned away. In a normal image, you'd see those
lampstands as BLACK burned areas (2).
And this is special in that those "lampstands" took
an ACT OF GOD to stop the shroud from burning up
entirely during those THREE major fires. Some of the
holes are from where molten silver was dropping onto
the cloth. A cloth like the shroud can easily burn in
a matter of seconds.
==================================================
It took God like CONTROL and TIMING to insure
the burning stopped and yet left the "lampstands".
==================================================
And Jesus is the LINK in all these prophecies.
It took Jesus (the ARM OF GOD) to:
* burn in the image on the shroud in the first place
while he resurrected. Other methods to make such
an image FAIL in that there is no visible means
of support for the body as a "planned" photo back
in 30 AD, it's BURNED IN on one side of the cloth,
and it's NOT humanly made (painting, etc...).
* show the vision to John in 70 AD where he had the
head and hair white as snow and surrounded by
GOLDEN candle sticks.
* actually make himself have that head and hair
white as snow to be on the shroud.
* KNOW that eventually such an image could be converted
during our time.
* KNOW that now the Jews would be back in Jerusalem
to see it.
* actually care enough for us, that he'd go through such
suffering.
That shroud is there for a purpose and God set it up.
God made it all, Jesus died for our sins.
(1)
Article by Leoncio A. Garza-Valdes M.D. and others
Note: The above information was written by John P. Boatwright and is freely given. The information is simply my opinion based on how I perceive the content discussed. Anyone reading such should use their own judgement as to whether or not the information has any value to them. You may copy portions of the above opinions as long as a reference to this page is included and no text within said portion is altered. If copied to another medium other than the internet, include the entire text. The above content may change over time.
Best wishes.