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Well…Here I go again. I just wanted to check on a couple ‘rebuttals’ made on this topic
and once again find myself kicking and screaming as I am being pulled down into one of
Alice’s Weirdland rabbit holes. The Lord does have a sense of humor….Oh and not to
mention…Thank you Newton 2012! I could have lived a very happy life without
knowing any of this. Obviously “no rest for the wicked”…it seems I’m a very bad girl.
So I went researching and here is what I found…I am not dead set yet on these
findings…yet…but this is just what came up and I’ll see where it leads. Truth will out!

There are two “rebuttal” issues as I see it that seem to always rear their ugly little heads
that are very valid, and I think you will consider them most important also. I will take
them one at a time. And this will be the first. All emphasis is mine.

First Rebuttal and an Addendum to Newton’s new Image video work:

1) The Shroud of Turin cannot be authentic because: “strips of burial cloth were used
on the body of Jesus and the spices, 100 lbs worth” provided by Nicodemus just don’t
jive with the look and scientific findings of the Shroud. (Poor paraphrase…mine…)

I too have tumbled this conundrum around in my head…but figured it would all come out
in the wash sooner or later…I never dreamed I would be the one doing the
laundry…Why me Lord?....(sigh)

OK…so we have a paradox here…let’s see what I came up with to try and rectify this if
possible…Down the rabbit hole we go…..

First let’s go here. As they say…”When in Rome, do as the Romans do”. So, in first
century Israel we must “do as the Jews do”…Savvy?

“Our custom (going back thousands of years) is to thoroughly wash the body of the deceased,
cover with a simple linen shroud and bury in the ground- with no use of embalming or spices.
The idea is not to retard the decay of the body (as for instance the ancient Egyptians did), but
rather to help it speedily return to the earth.

Hope this helps you to understand better.”

Menachem Brody

Also:

As I wrote earlier, spices are generally used to retard (or disguise) decay, while Jewish tradition is
for the burial to be held as soon as possible, and for the body to return to the soil without
hindrance.

I note that the name "Nicodemus" is Greek rather than Hebrew, so perhaps this man was familiar
with customs of other peoples.

May you find enlightenment through your research.

Appreciate your blessing of peace!

Menachem Brody

Elon Moreh
Israel
www.shechem.org
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webmaster@shechem.org

OK…now that we have heard from Israel on this issue….moving on. Linen wrappings
and spices…what to do? Scripture says:

John 19:39-40
39 And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and
brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight.
40 Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the
manner of the Jews is to bury.
KJV

Now we are going to tackle this scripturally and “logically”.

SPICES – 100 POUNDS

Nicodemus has a whopping 100 lbs of spices he is lugging around. He goes with Joseph
A. to the crucifixion site, wraps the body with linen strips and spices…then they lug the
body to the tomb….right?....Wrong!

Let’s tackle the spices first. As the emails above state, the Jewish tradition which is still
practiced today is not to ‘retard’ the decomposition of the body but let the natural
processes have their way. After about a year the flesh of the body will have deteriorated
away leaving only the bones. They (the bones) would then be gathered up and placed
into an ossuary (a small stone chest) and placed in a nitch or cubby within the tome.
Therefore, leaving the once occupied space available for the next family member who
dies. So…if that is the case Nicodemus, what is with the 100 lbs of spices my man?

To answer this we have to go elsewhere….hence, enters the “ladies”…..to whom

Nicodemus gave the 100 lbs of spices so they could “prepare them” according to the
ways of the ‘apothecary’ (equivalent to our modern day Pharmacist). Myrrh and aloes to
be ‘cooked down’ then beaten and blended in some way to make of it an “anointing” oil.
Aloe becomes a ‘gum’, while Myrrh is a highly ‘aromatic’ resin. We are told of only two
“spices” which Nicodemus procured…but…and this is pure conjecture on my part….the
“ladies” may have had on hand ‘other’ ingredients needed to finish out and prepare this
‘ointment/anointing oil which is in truth a very costly ‘perfume’ worth a kingly ransom.
But since we have only the two mentioned ingredients, then with that we will stick. (No
pun intended)
http://www.itmonline.org/arts/myrrh.htm

“Myrrh and frankincense have had spiritual significance since ancient times and they also
were adopted as medicines for physical ailments. When referring to this pair of herbs,
Westerners might immediately think of their historic importance in religion. The herbs
are best known through the story of the Three Wise Men (Magi) delivering gold,
frankincense, and myrrh for the baby Jesus; myrrh was also used to anoint Jesus'body
after the crucifixion. These herbs, valued like gold, were mentioned repeatedly in the Old
Testament, in instructions to Moses about making incense and anointing oil, and in the
Song of Solomon…”

Exodus 37:29
29 And he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure incense of sweet spices, according to
the work of the apothecary.
KJV

Exodus 30:35
35 And thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the apothecary,
tempered together, pure and holy:
KJV

Proverbs 7:17
17 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
KJV

Song of Solomon 3:6Exodus 37:29

29 And he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure incense of sweet spices, according to
the work of the apothecary.
KJV

So how do we know that Nicodemus dropped off this spice to the ladies (probably while
Joseph A. was quibbling with Pilot over Jesus’ body)? Scripture says so…

Mark 16:1
16:1 And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James,
and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him.
KJV

Luke 23:56-24:1
56 And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day
according to the commandment.
Luke 24
24:1 Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the
sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them.
KJV

Here is your 100 lbs of “raw” spices acquired by Nicodemus. Given to the ladies
sometime before Jesus was taken down from the cross, so it could be properly mixed and
prepared into an ointment/anointing oil. This had to be done earlier in the day well
before sundown which is the start of the Sabbath and all work must stop (this was
inclusive of a three day period, for there were ‘two’ Sabbaths that week), yet the
anointing oil was prepared and ready on the ‘first day of the week’, three days later.

John 19:40
40 Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the
manner of the Jews is to bury.
KJV

So what is this “spice” that Nicodemus and Joseph A. are using on the body? Possibly a
small bit of the same or like kind which Nicodemus had, a personal amount already
prepared in a little jar, so they could at least ‘anoint the body’ as was tradition, while the
“raw” bulk spices which had previously been given to the ladies earlier in the day, was to
be prepared and made ready for the time after the Sabbath when they could go back and
prepare the body with full honors and dignity as it would have been had ‘time’ allotted.

Remember…and this will be gotten into a bit later in much more detail (in part
two)…they were racing against the Sabbath clock. A quick ritual anointing was done to
conform with the traditional Jewish burial rites is all they could do, that is why the ladies
came back three days later to complete the job properly as was custom. Jesus’ body was
not “packed” with spices. And neither was the body of the Shroud. But… ‘every kind of
Jerusalem flower has been found ‘imaged” into the Shroud cloth….where was Jesus
buried?

In a “Garden Tomb”…..

I will leave the reader to mull that over on their own.

LINEN WRAPPINGS

Now what of the “linen wrappings”? We get hung up on this I think because we do not
know the Jewish customs of the day and therefore, rely on what we have seen elsewhere
such as the Egyptian burial customs, which are far from those of Hebrew practice.

In the first three Gospels they all report on this issue in the same way with very little
difference (Matt 27:59, Mark 15:46, Luke 23:53)….so I will only give one of the three
verses and then a comparative citing of the others:
Matthew 27:59
59 And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,
KJV

In Matthew it says… “clean linen cloth”….(notice the singular reference)

Mark says… “fine linen”
Luke says… “linen”

All of these mentions refer to a “singular linen cloth”. No spices are mentioned being
packed on the body, no mention of ‘strips of cloth being wound… ”mummy-like”…..just
the mention of “a cloth”…..that is until we get to John.

First I took “all” Gospel accounts of these events and collated them…all was going quite
beautifully. In fact one could almost (if one did not know better) scream plagiarism
because all Gospels in order were virtually ‘ditto’…that is until I got to John…leave it to
“the one whom Jesus loved” to mess up my stride!

In John we find two things, not to mention, the word “linen” is not even spoken here but
implied through the word “clothes”. The first is “clothes” which is a two-parter in the
Greek is:

Othonion - oth-on'-ee-on: linen clothes

Ok, so what do we mean by ‘linen clothes’…what constitutes this get-up? We go deeper

into the base word and find:

“othone” (3607) pronounced ‘oth-on’ay’: a linen cloth, i.e. (especially) a sail: - Sheet.

Ah Ha!.... “sail cloth” is one big run or bolt of fabric. Hence you can make a “sail” out of
it. This is no small strips of linen here. Second is the word “clothes”…finally a plural
form we can sink our teeth into. Could this be our elusive strips of linen cloth?...No, but
we still have to figure out why the ‘plural’ form after all the other mentions in the
previous Gospels only stated “cloth” - singular. We find our answer further down in the
text….

John 20:7
7 And the napkin, that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped
together in a place by itself.
KJV

We know two things…once the tomb was found opened, the apostle John and Peter
found a burial cloth and a “face napkin” in the tomb. There is the “plural” rendering for
“clothes” in the John verse. Not to mention the simple fact that the term ‘clothes’ can
refer to a ‘single garment’ of clothing and not necessarily multiple items. Such as a
woman can put on a robe and nothing more and still be considered to have ‘clothes’ on.
Food for thought.
The Shroud of Turin…Is a “fine linen sail cloth” with the matching “face napkin” of
Odessa. The Shroud cloth and the face napkin of Odessa in their sweat, blood stains, and
blood type, match identically…they are from the same body.

The “Face Napkin” was a “binding”, used to bind up the face of the dead.

Soudarion - soo-dar'-ee-on: (4676) of Latin origin; a sudarium (sweat-cloth), i.e. towel

(for wiping the perspiration from the face, or binding the face of a corpse):--
handkerchief, napkin.

Now for the Third point….The word “wrapped”. Now if you will notice in Matthew the
word is “wrapped”:

Matthew 27:59
59 And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,
KJV

Entulisso - en-too-lis'-so: (1794) from - en 1722 and tulisso (to twist; probably akin to
1507); to entwine, i.e. wind up in:--wrap in (together).

In Mark it is again “wrapped” but by a different meaning…this time the base word is:

Helisso - hel-is'-so: (1667) a form of - heilisso 1507; to coil or wrap:--fold up.

Mark 15:46
46 And he bought fine linen, and took him down, and wrapped him in the linen, and laid
him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock, and rolled a stone unto the door of the
sepulchre.
KJV

In Luke we again have the same rendering as in Matthew of (1722). But it is in John the
whole context seems to shift gears in a mighty, mighty way…..I will let you ponder this
one:

John 19:40
40 Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the
manner of the Jews is to bury.
KJV

The word here is not “wrapped” as in the other three Gospels…but “wound”, which
means “to bind”.
Deo - deh'-o: (1210) a primary verb; to bind (in various applications, literally or
figuratively):--bind, be in bonds, knit, tie, wind. See also δει - dei 1163.

First ask yourself….what does it mean … “to bind”?????

I went the next step…..

Now let’s go to the “See also” found related to the original (1210) ……(1163) because
this word “wound” has an ‘active present tense’…Strongs # (1163)….Let me remind you,
we are speaking of Jesus’ “dead body” and the word “wound” which means “to
bind”…..Here is #1163…

Dei – die: 3d person singular active present of δεω - deo 1210; also deon deh-on' ; neuter
active participle of the same; both used impersonally; it is (was, etc.) necessary (as
binding):--behoved, be meet, must (needs), (be) need(-ful), ought, should.

To expand this thought:

(see - http://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?Strongs=G1163&t=KJV)

We have just covered the two most highly favored arguments concerning the Shroud of
Turin, its authenticity and the actual burial practices of the day which our Lord was
subject to. Now we head on to Part Two and walk the walk of Jesus’ last hours.
There is an overwhelming question regarding the image found on the Shroud that I have
not heard anyone, scientist, clergy, or layperson ever address straight forward…and I just
don’t know how it has been so overlooked …or should I say sidestepped? Nor have I
heard anyone make a solid conclusive statement, least of all medical professionals, some
of them who have inspected this cloth personally, say nary a word about what I see
before me, or should I say what I “don’t see” in the Shroud of Turin image. I seem to
find nothing concrete from the “laureates” but conjectures, assumptions, guess work and
a ream of contradiction from those who have had ‘hands on’ contact with the Shroud.
I’m sorry, but no one can be that dense. Truths are deliberately being hidden and they
not only know it, they are part of this deception.

Are there any Doctors, Nurses, maybe Medics, civilian or military in the house? How
about any Vets that have seen actual combat up close and personal? Because if there are,
you will catch on well before the rest of the gang gets it, and will be slapping yourself on
the forehead saying ….Well…Duh! Only a person who has ‘been there’, who has first
hand experience will know right off the bat what has been missed. Look at the photo of
the shroud intently on the next page (you may be coming back to this photo many times
as you read on) to check for…..What is to me, in plain sight….

So what is the ‘second rebuttal’ to the Shroud of Turin that must be critically analyzed
along side the death and burial of Jesus?.....

2) The Shroud of Turin cannot be authentic because: “There are signs of “rigor
mortis” (in the image) and “decay” located on the Shroud of Turin”.

If this is the image of a very mortal non divine human man, then with a resounding ‘yes’
there must be signs of death and decay on the Shroud. Therefore, our companion
question to this on the flip side is “Did Jesus from the time of death to resurrection suffer
“rigor mortis” and “corruption” (decay) while in the tomb… or not?” Scripture
emphatically says “no” He did not, but many Christians it seems believe He did.
Therefore, did Jesus indeed suffer the age old effects concerning the death of the flesh –
decay (decomposition)? Did the person in the Shroud? This is what we are going to find
out if possible.

The reader must understand here that the evidences found in the Shrouds favor must
stand independently upon their own merit and in no uncertain terms can it deviate even
one small bit from the accounts as written in Scripture of the death, burial and
resurrection of Jesus Christ. To do so, even by the smallest point, it must then be thrown
out as a fraud.

All matching points found in the Gospels (except for John, and as in the first article, we
will deal with him separately) are listed. Because they are nearly all the same…I will
only list one so you have text to view. These are the points I felt necessary to nail down
because of their importance for “time frame”…which to make this last rebuttal point is
critical…”TIME”

The Points and their verses are in chronological order of events, to prove or disprove this
second rebuttal point. We must form a ‘sound working base’ by once again utilizing all
facts and ‘logic’. It seems I must preface here since I was remiss in the last article and
comment was made, that I do not have a horse in this race. I will even set up the video
that Newton2012 has provided in his piece, because in it is a tidbit touching on this
subject.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ah1Zik1eKzM

On to the texts…

Point #1: The 9th hour….Jesus gave up the ghost at this moment. This time of day was 3
pm. The High Priest in the Temple sacrificed the Passover lamb at this very moment.
(Jesus was nailed to the cross at the 6th hour (noon – 12 pm).
(Matt 27:46, 50…Mark 15:34, 37…Luke 23:44, 46)

Matthew 27:46, 50
46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama
sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
50 Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.
KJV

Matthew 27:46 – “about the ninth hour”

Mathew 27: 50 – “yielded up the ghost”

Mark 15:34 – “And at the ninth hour”

Mark 15:37 – “and gave up the ghost”

Luke 23:44 – “until the ninth hour”

Luke 23:46 – “he gave up the ghost”

Here is your “point in time” marked clearly in scripture as to when the “race against
time” commenced and how the latter part of this rebuttal dovetails in. Time is always our
mortal enemy. It is never forgiving or kind. And for our Lord there seemed to be no
exception.

Point #2: “Even”….Is also known as “The First Watch”…which is the evening hours
between 6 pm and 9pm….(This is the time of day you have ‘sundown’ coming upon you
but not yet the start of a Sabbath day) (Matt 27:57…Mark 15:42…Luke 23:54 (Luke has
a different rendering than the other two)

Mark 15:42
42 And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day
before the sabbath,
KJV
Matthew 27:57 – “when the even was come”
Mark 15:42 – “And now when the even was come”
Luke 23:54 – “and the sabbath drew on” (was near at hand) emphisis mine

Point #3: Joseph of Arimathaea….Joseph went to Pilot to plead for the body of Jesus.
(Matt 27:58…Mark 15:43…Luke 23:52)

Mark 15:43
43 Joseph of Arimathaea, an honourable counsellor, which also waited for the kingdom
of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus.
KJV

Matthew 27:58 – “He went to Pilot, and begged the body of Jesus”
Mark 15:43 – “boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus”
Luke 23:52 – “went unto Pilot, and begged the body of Jesus”

Here you have Jesus who has been nailed on the cross since the 6th hour (12 pm – noon).
He according to the plain text, “gave up the ghost” at the 9th hour (3 pm). Now we are
told that Joseph A. has gone to Pilot to “plead for the body” and “even” time, or the “First
Watch” as previously stated above, has already commenced, therefore it is past 6 pm..

Wait a minute! Where did the time go? We just lost three (3) hours. Jesus died at 3
pm…..but Joseph A. did not stand before Pilot until 6 pm to ‘plead for the body’….did
Joseph have Sanhedrin business to tend to or did the wife send him off to grab a quart of
milk and some givilda fish? No…not even! Poor Joseph and Nicodemus were doing all
they could at a dead run….to make sure their Lord was properly seen to, but because time
and the god of this world is not our friend….they ran “out” of time.

So how do we explain this ‘missing time’…we go back to Mark, who of the three
Gospels listed tells you in part, what happened towards the “end of the clock”. Towards
the end of those missing three hours. Once we establish that…since we are going in
order of event, then we can go back and ‘pick up’ the beginning of this missing time
period. A whole new aspect of these events will open to you making them more real and
cohesive in nature. At least that is my wish for you.

So far we have Jesus dying on the cross at the 9th hour (3 pm) and Joseph of Arimathaea
knowing that Jesus is dead, going to Pilot pleading for the body of our Lord after the
“even” has started. Pilot complies…Joseph and Nicodemus prepare the body…place it in
the tomb, and get home before the Sabbath starts with dinner on the table…..Well…not
exactly.

It all comes out the same in the wash…(here I go again doing the laundry)….but the
above scenario is not all inclusive to what really happened that day, nor does it tell you
just how “frantic” Joseph and Nicodemus were in getting this heart rending task set
before them done, before the sunset of the first Sabbath day began. If you read the text
plainly you will clearly see the ‘panic’ these two men felt as the hours and minutes ticked
by. Time…was not on their side.

Mark gives us more detail in his next ‘two’ verses that sets Mark’s account apart from the
others….an account that cannot be overlooked. Since we are talking about “time” we
need to take a moment and examine these details which are critical to our timeline….

Mark 15:44-45
44 And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and calling unto him the centurion, he
asked him whether he had been any while dead.
45 And when he knew it of the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph.
KJV

Here is the reason poor Joseph A. is on literal pins and needles….It is 6 pm or a bit
after…he stands before Pilot pleading (begging) for the body of Jesus. The time of year
being Spring, sunset is at about 7:30-7:45 pm and on this day the Sabbath is scheduled to
start…”tick-tock”…”tick-tock”….and what is Pilot’s response to Joseph A.?

“Wow!...He’s dead? Already?....It’s only been a few hours…..well…I need to “CHECK”

on this”…..

Poor Joseph A. is most likely on the verge of a melt down from stress. Not only has he
just watched a man he loved dearly die a horrible death but might not even get him
interred in time, be late for the Sabbath, and this (in his mind) would incur the wrath of
God! Time is of the essence for Joseph A. and he knows it, and Pilot knows this too. He
does not like the Jews and making a grief stricken distraught Joseph A. sit in the hot seat
while he Pilot sends out a centurion runner I’m sure delighted him to no ends. So now
Pilot feels the need to issue an order to his centurion, to go forth to the crucifixion site,
which is outside the city gates and down the road to the hill called ‘Golgotha’, to check
and see if the man Jesus was indeed dead. Do we give the centurion the benefit of a
horse to ride rather than being on foot therefore taking less time, we cannot determine
that unfortunately. So in just these two verses you have….

1) The calling of the centurion to come forth…

2) The order being issued by Pilot….
3) The centurion then going forth to the crucifixion site to glean the life or death
condition of Jesus…
4) The return of the centurion with his report to Pilot.
5) Then….and this is just supposition…Pilot writes out an order and gives it to Joseph
A. to then hand to the Roman soldiers in charge of the crucifixions on site.

Tick-tock….time is marching on and now we have Joseph A. with the permission needed
to retrieve Jesus’ body, who must now travel back outside the city gates (and most likely
he is on foot) to the crucifixion site and wait to have his body removed from the cross.

While he is waiting he is met there by Nicodemus, who has earlier in the day dropped off
the large quantity of raw spice to the women, so they could start preparing them.
Point #4: “clean linen”…Jesus’ burial clothes (Matt 27:59…Mark 15:46…Luke 23:53)

Matthew 27:59
59 And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,
KJV

Matthew 27:59 – “clean linen cloth”

Mark 15:46 – “fine linen”
Luke 23:53 – “in linen”

Then the two of them, with what little time is left to them, because remember it was
“AFTER” the “even” time had begun (6 pm) when Joseph was before Pilot, have now no
time, to wash and prepare the body of their Lord, but only to “anoint” Him with “spices”
which Nicodemus had on him, wrap up his face in the “napkin”, fold the “linen sail
sheet” over the body, carry it the distance to the Garden tomb very near by, seal up the
entrance, and still have time to make it all the way back into the city to their own
respective homes, before the sun went down and the Sabbath commenced….Whew!

(The Shroud of Turin has etched into the linen fabric a vast assortment of ‘Jerusalem
flowers’ of varying kinds. Could Joseph A. or Nicodemus have gone out into this garden
area and picked some flowers and laid them around the body of their Lord out of love and
respect because they could not give to Him the proper full burial rites due Him at that late
hour?....I will leave that up to you to answer.)

Point #5: “lain him in a sepulcher”…(Matt 27:60…Mark 15:46…Luke (no mention)

Mark 15:46
46 And he bought fine linen, and took him down, and wrapped him in the linen, and laid
him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock, and rolled a stone unto the door of the
sepulchre.
KJV

Matthew 27:60 – “laid it in his own new tomb”

Mark 15:46 – “and laid him in a sepulcher”

So…here you have a blow by blow event schedule of what happened in the last couple of
hours before sunset that day, from the time Joseph A. knew Jesus was dead and had to
quick foot it into the city to go before Pilot, to the moment he and Nicodemus sealed the
tomb.

Now let’s go back and see what transpired earlier from the 9th hour (time of death) and
bring it forward, until Joseph A. goes forth to seek out Pilot. Why so detailed you may
ask? And what does this have to do with the Shroud?

Plenty…but a base had to be formed first. It is critical I feel to establish not only the
timeline of these events but also to see what correlations there may be between the
Shroud and all that encompassed the death of Jesus. Then comes the time, to compare
the two side by side and see if the last remaining science and facts hold or fold for the
Shroud as it stands on its own merit.

To fill in the detail of those earlier hours beginning at the 9th hour, we now turn to John…

John 19:33-34
33 But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his
legs:
34 But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out
blood and water.
KJV

John 19:38-40
38 And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of
the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him
leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus.
39 And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and
brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight.
40 Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the
manner of the Jews is to bury.
KJV

Here you have it. When the order was issued by Pilot to break the legs of the criminals to
hasten their death, the soldiers noticing for the first time, Jesus was not alive, thrust a
spear into His side to make sure of the fact. That is when Joseph A. knew Jesus was dead
and hurried into the city to seek out Pilot, who having just issued this order, was surprised
at Joseph A’s request, for the order had just gone out for the breaking of the legs,
therefore how could this man be dead so soon?. So a centurion was dispatched to
confirm the death. He did not know that Jesus had died more than three hours earlier.
Jesus’ dead body hung on the cross for three hours, in the heat of the day until
“even”…before Joseph even went to seek out Pilot.

Now the foundation has been laid and the final question is begged…

What happens to a body after death?

When does “rigor mortis” and decay set in?
What does scripture have to say about this concerning Jesus if anything?
Does our Lord’s time in the tomb have any resemblance to what we find on the Shroud
Image?

If the Shroud is to stand up and be counted worthy...it must align itself perfectly with the
science and facts, but most of all scripture.

Caution: This is not for the faint hearted.

Now after looking at the image of the Shroud and reading the verses above; “What
medically defined normal physiological process is MISSING, which in itself is
impossible?” This is what I have found not there….
“Post-mortem corporal rigidity, stiff stiffness Pathology Board-like contraction of skeletal muscles
that first appears in jaw and other short muscles–eg, of hand, 2-4 hrs after death; RM later
appears on the trunk and extremities, peaks at 24-48 hrs”

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• Moment of Death:
1} The heart stops
2} The skin gets tight and grey in color
3} All the muscles relax
4} The bladder and bowels empty
5} The body' s temperature will typically drop 1.5 degrees F. per hour unless
outside environment is a factor. The liver is the organ that stays warmest the
longest, and this temperature is used to establish time of death if the body is found
within that time frame.

• After 30 minutes:
6} The skin gets purple and waxy
7} The lips, finger- and toe nails fade to a pale color or turn white as the blood
leaves.
8} Blood pools at the lowest parts of the body leaving a dark purple-black stain
called lividity
9} The hands and feet turn blue
• 10} The eyes start to sink into the skull
• 11} Rigor mortis starts to set in

• After 4 hours:
12} The purpling of the skin and pooling of blood continue
13} Rigor Mortis begins to tighten the muscles for about another 72 hours, then
will reverse and the body will return to a limp state.

Lets stop right here for a moment. Jesus’ body hung on the cross for at least this amount
of time…yet no one knew, not the disciples or onlookers…not even the Roman soldiers
knew that he was even dead. A soldier with any fighting combat knows a dead body
when he sees one, let alone one that has been hanging in the heat of the day for three to
four hours. Only the issued decree from Pilot to “break the legs” stirred the Roman’s and
then they had to resort to piercing His side with a spear to make sure. This is just
something that cannot be missed…I must stress that strongly and as above, anyone in the
medical field will concur. All the signs of death would have been glowingly apparent for
all to see, even the untrained eye at this point, yet no one noticed. Better yet, the Roman
solider had to puncture Jesus’ side to make sure, and he is a ‘seasoned soldier’ knowing
death when he sees it.

So what happened? Scripture tells us….

Psalms 16:9-10
9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.
10 For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see
corruption.
KJV

Flesh:
Basar - baw-sawr' : (1320) From ' basar'(1319); flesh (from its freshness); by extension,
body, person; also (by euphem.) the pudenda of a man:--body, (fat, lean) flesh(-ed), kin,
(man-)kind, + nakedness, self, skin.

Corruption:
Shachath - shakh'-ath: (7845) A pit (especially as a trap); figuratively, destruction:--
corruption, destruction.

Corruption…decay. The Father promised the Son His ‘flesh’ would see no corruption.
By this time, on the cross, the natural decay processes would have been well started and
apparent.

1) The head would have been fixed in place to one side, laying against an arm or hung in
a ‘forward’ position…
2) The jaw would have gaped open with difficulty to close…
3) The fingers would have begun to “curl” in towards the palms of the hands…
4) The outstretched arms would have begun attaining a fixed unnatural ‘splayed’
position and could not have been laid easily and gently down at the sides or crossed
over the torso…
5) The legs would have remained ‘severely bent’ at the knees and would not lay flat…
6) The bowels and bladder would have all emptied…(crucifixion was a ‘naked’ event
making this issue very noticeable as well as the issue below)
7) A male when rigor mortis starts to set in acquires an erection….[And the Shroud
image has none]

These are just additional facts to augment what is already above, that would pertain to a
‘crucifixion’. Look at the image of the Shroud and study it closely, as you can see the
body bears none of the above. Just as our Lord bore none, as He was promised.

In the book of Acts these OT verses from Psalms are repeated (Acts 2:27) and more is
found as a witness and testimony to the truth concerning Jesus…
Acts 2:31
31 He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in
hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.
KJV

Flesh:
Sarx – sarx: (4561) From the base of σαροω - saroo 4563; flesh (as stripped of the skin),
i.e. (strictly) the meat of an animal (as food), or (by extension) the body

Corruption:
Diaphthora - dee-af-thor-ah': (1312) From diaphtheiro 1311; decay:--corruption.

Still more witnesses in scripture to this amazing fact….

Acts 13:35-37
35 Wherefore he saith also in another psalm, Thou shalt not suffer thine Holy One to see
corruption.
36 For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep,
and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:
37 But he, whom God raised again, saw no corruption.
KJV

Why belabor the point? Because they are some (of the church) who do not believe that
the Lord Jesus was spared from this natural process. But His flesh rotted in the tomb just
as any other human body would, until the time of His resurrection, and then…the Father
made the body whole once again. That thinking is not scriptural no matter how you wish
to stretch it. The plain text speaks of and by itself as a testimony of the Father’s promise.

Let us continue from when Jesus was laid in the tomb till the third day, in which our Lord
rose from the tomb…what happened until then?

• After 12 hours:
14} The body is in full rigor mortis.

“The reality of rigor mortis often led to situations where the corpse would be watched on
the first night after death took place (this is not Jewish tradition, just informational).
Commonly referred to as “sitting with the body”, the purpose of the action was to prevent
the stiffening muscles from working the corpse into positions that were not suitable for
burial traditions. Often, several people would remain with the corpse throughout the
night, and straighten limbs or lower the torso of the body back into a prone position when
muscle stiffening would cause a knee or elbow to bend, or the corpse to bend at the waist
and appear to sit up.”

If the body has not been bound tightly with cords hand and feet (Jewish tradition) by this
juncture the arms, legs, hands and even back will ‘splay outwards’ or contract to the point
of the body sitting upright….(There are no binding cords restraining the body of the
image found on the Shroud. There are no binding cords spoken of in scripture which
were used on Jesus) We can go to the rising of Lazarus to see a traditionally “planned”
Jewish burial…

John 11:44
44 And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face
was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go.
KJV

The word “bound” here is the same as John used for Jesus #1210, but notice the
“graveclothes” are yet a different rendering than those before mentioned in the first
rebuttal article of mine.

Gaveclothes:
Keiria - ki-ree'-ah: (2750) of uncertain affinity; a swathe, i.e. winding-sheet:--
graveclothes.

Here Lazarus was buried properly according to the Jewish tradition…not with haste as
Jesus was. His hand and feet were firmly “bound”. So when rigor mortis set in the body
would stay compact and contained. Jesus orders that he be loosed from his bonds. (…and
the word “to loose”…means to break…(3089)

Let’s continue….

• After 24 hours:
15} The body is now the temperature of the surrounding environment
16} In males, the semen dies
17} The head and neck are now a greenish-blue color
18} The greenish-blue color continues to spread to the rest of the body
19} There is the strong smell of rotting meat
20} The face of the person is essentially no longer recognizable

• After 3 days:
21} The gases in the body tissues form large blisters on the skin
22} The whole body begins to bloat and swell grotesquely. This process is
speeded up if victim is in a hot environment, or in water
23} Fluids leak from the mouth, nose, eyes, ears and rectum and urinary opening

http://www.anomalies-unlimited.com/Death/Stages.html

(Above is a link that has photos…I suggest that only the strong at heart go there)

What did Martha say to Jesus when he asked for the stone of Lazarus’ tomb to be rolled
back?...
John 11:39
39 Jesus said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto
him, Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he hath been dead four days.
KJV

Decomposition was well on its way by this time.

The experts, oh yes…let us not forget ‘them’…not only uphold what I have found by
using “Scripture” as my main authority, medical science and lastly let us never forget
‘logic’…but these so called experts (from the Shroud of Turin talking head sites)
contradict even themselves within their own works. There is a saying…”Ask two Rabbis
their opinion on a matter and they will give you three.” I have found similar results
concerning the Shroud of Turin. Ask the ‘learned and credentialed academia’ for their
personal let alone collective opinion, and you get not one but countless contradictions
across the board…”Speakaneese”. And yet you may ask “Why do I not trust them”? It
just goes to further the notion in my mind that something is being hidden from the
masses. The same old “canned” disinformation.

http://www.shroud.com/bucklin.htm

Below are a few excerpts from the “experts”… The [bracketed comments are mine] and
God given ‘logic’ is required:

“From this data, it is not an unreasonable conclusion for the forensic pathologist to
determine that only one person historically has undergone this sequence of events. That
person in Jesus Christ.”

Gee…that is interesting…Who did he say again?

“The body appears to be in a state of rigor mortis [well…it is or it isn’t, you are the
“expert” after all…which is it?] which is evidenced by an overall stiffness as well [not in
the picture I’m looking at] as specific alterations in the appearance of the lower
extremities from the posterior aspect.”

No mention of the presence of the “seepage of body fluids” in his report what so ever.
Which is IMPOSSIBLE…If rigors has set in and the body is in decomposition. Nor does
he augment what is meant by “specific alterations”…just throws that out there for all to
‘guess’ at I suppose.

Let’s compare this illustrious expert with the next one…..

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You have just heard from the “experts”. I rest my case.

None of the above mentioned key points are present on the Shroud of Turin. Not the
image itself nor on the linen cloth fabric. After the third day decay and decomposition
accelerate greatly. But here we have an Image (refer to above photo) with a straight
head, closed mouth, relaxed arms, straight outstretched and relaxed legs…and most
telling of all….long straight relaxed fingers, and not a bone broken. Nor is there any
seepage of body fluids which ooze from every orifice of the body (rectum, penis, mouth,
nose, ears and eyes). A mortuary will “wax shut” these orifices if the deceased is going
to be viewed because of the unsightly bodily fluid seepage. But what is found here, is an
image of a man, who has suffered the great pain and agony of a crucifixion, yet lies as
straight and reposed as if sleeping.

We have had to come a very long way just to answer one question….Why does the image
in the Shroud of Turin not show any signs of normal decay? That last argument I feel
has been adequately answered, and like the others before it have fallen away like so much
chaff. The Shroud has stood upon its own merit of facts, science and God’s Word
proving itself and our Lord Jesus, have much more in common then what has been
admitted.

Both died in the unique and horrible manor of crucifixion. Both were buried the same
way, by the same traditional standards. Neither went into rigors….neither suffered
decay. The Father in Heaven preserved the Flesh of His Son, His Beloved Son from the
corruption of normal fleshly decay and putrefaction which is this world…just as He
promised.

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But yet, why is it additionally imperative that Jesus’ body see no decay? What’s so
important other than the promise of the Father? It is quite simple yet so profound in its
truths, and there are two:

1) If Jesus’ body experienced any amount of decay (corruption) in any form, He would
cease to be God, and be no more than an imposter, a mere man. For God cannot change.
Therefore if Jesus is God in the flesh, and He indeed is, then no part of Him saw
(experienced) corruption, not even His blood, and the Shroud to me, bears out that same
witness.

But there is but one thing more. Possibly more important and earth shaking, that must
be considered, more so than all that has gone before in this treatise and that is...

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This is the secret (I believe), and the reason for the subterfuge, the secretive handling of
the Shroud by the few, and possibly the sinister hidden agenda of the many…

2) The “blood”. If all that has been brought to light in this research is factual and true,
and I believe it is then we must pause here and let sink in the vast ramifications of the
blood found embedded in the cloth of the Shroud. If this cloth is indeed the burial cloth
of Christ Jesus and I personally believe it is, and the blood that stains it is that of the Lord
for which He was wrapped after being taken from the cross, laid in a tomb and saw no
decay, then…

That blood is still alive!

Any serologist will tell you that dried blood is dead blood. But yet Jesus saw no decay
after the death of His body, because in so doing He would not be Divine in nature. That
would include His blood. And that is fact. Therefore, His blood even after 2000 years
embedded in the cloth of Turin would still be alive and well. What does that mean? It
means that the genetic properties of that blood are still as viable as if they had been
drawn out of Jesus arm while He was alive by a hypodermic needle and still ‘fresh’
today. If you are in possession of viable living blood you have DNA, and through DNA
you can gene splice and clone.

What did the Lord Jesus say to the Pharisees of His time… “ Tear down this temple and
in three days I will raise it up again”. He was speaking of the temple of His body. But
yet He speaks of the son of perdition in the last days ‘standing in the temple of God,
declaring himself to be God’. Could there be a more profound sinister layer to this
meaning? A meaning so unbelievable, so beyond our wildest imaginings that we until
now, could never emotionally, spiritually or mentally conceive of it? Maybe. Could the
Lord be telling us that the antichrist will be standing, literally in the new rebuilt temple of
the last days in the genetically spliced/cloned body of our very Lord? Too fantastic you
say? Hooey?

We know, as it is written in Scripture that this ‘man’ is not human by the very fact that he
is never brought before the Great White Throne of Judgment, but thrown straight into the
lake of fire verifies that fact.
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PERSONAL HYPOTHESIS

As a hypothesis, let us say this reasoning is a correct one. What would the son of
perdition gain by this genetic deception? A bonefied empirical pedigree, no one could
question. This ‘man’ to come could indeed “prove” his claim as the one and “only”
messiah, Jesus in the flesh, by matching not only his blood type, but his very DNA to the
Shroud itself. He proves the Shrouds authenticity, and the Shroud proves his claim of
divinity. The Lie!

The Shroud of Turin was left behind by our Lord for a reason. A reason we only now
may begin to recognize. Could this Shroud be unfolding its secrets one by one before our
very eyes. Maybe its time has come, this ancient cloth of Turin, to reveal its secrets once
and for all…to the world. A time of ‘revealing’ soon to be at hand?

It has a purpose, a possible destiny to fulfill. Which it already may have I believe,
accomplished in part. The remaining duty of the cloth of Turin is yet future, that of a
‘calling card’ for the son of perdition, his ‘birth certificate of divinity’.

I as previously stated out being the biggest skeptic concerning this topic and nothing
could convince me otherwise…until I did my own research and then came across these
two films. The ‘new’ empirical science is there, so far, undisputed. Those who have
eyes to see, and ears to hear….Wakie, Wakie… I personally am now convinced that
this is indeed the burial cloth of our Lord Jesus Christ. And it would take an act of God
Himself to convince me otherwise. Once its greatest critic, is now its most avid believer.

The first set of video below will lay the groundwork of the dating and what went so
wrong on the first go-around. If I have this scoped out correctly, then I think it was
purposely done…for a reason. Things must ‘unfold’ in their own season. God has His
plan and in His own time will things be done and made known. And this is one which
until now, needed to be kept ‘secret’ in part, yet much in the public eye, surrounded with
immense controversy. But now the time has come, for revealing the truths that are
hidden within. The Shroud is the most recognizable artifact in the world! Hence it’s
“calling card” properties.

The second set of videos are the most remarkable and deeply profound in their meaning.
These meanings have been largely overlooked, and must now be carefully examined and
weighed. Is this the shroud of Jesus? I say yes, and with that, there are two points in
scripture we should think deeply about and ponder, as well as all the science that has
come to light. Apart from the science, there may be two divine purposes the Shroud was
left by our Lord to perform (as I personally see it, and this is just conjecture) and they
are:
1) The Shroud in its spiritual sense could be a “message”, a love letter, to the Bride/Body
of Jesus Christ, left behind (shroud) by the Bridegroom.

2) The Shroud in its physical sense might have a “prophetic mission” to fulfill one we
have yet to understand.

THE MESSAGE

What is the “message” the Lord left to His Bride?

We are told all throughout the Scriptures that we are not to make any image of the Lord
graven or otherwise. We are not to bow down or worship anything other than God
Himself. Why? Because we do not KNOW what He looks like….therefore any feigned
representation would be a false one. We are commanded to worship the only “living”
God. So how can this cloth be that of God? Would it not be contradictory for Him to
leave such a tempting relic? Actually…No. WE are not to make for ourselves a likeness
of God…nowhere does it say…He cannot. God KNOWS what He looks like…therefore
if He did indeed leave a representation of Himself behind, you can bet it is the “real
deal”. Hence…no idolatry.

But…He knows now as He knew then, that His beloved Bride even if she knew for a fact
(as I believe the early first century believers did know) that the Shroud was indeed
authentic, would still never bow down and worship it, because of Her personal
relationship with Him…there was/is no need for her to do so. So….where better to safely
keep such a ‘divine artifact’, but in the very heart of pagan idolatry worship where it
would be venerated and sacredly cared for until its ‘divine appointment’ had been met.
The message…

In the first century there was a Hebraic custom….when the Master/Head of the house got
up from the supper table and was done with his meal, he would wad up his napkin and
place it in his plate. That was a signal to the servants that he was done and they could
clear away his plate. But if the Master/Head of the house for any reason…maybe
someone was at the door….had to leave the supper table but intended to “return” to finish
his meal…he would take his napkin and neatly “fold it and lay it apart from his plate”,
signaling the servants that he was not done, would return, and not to clear away his plate.

What did John see in the tomb that was so important to make specific note about?
John 20:7
7 And the napkin, that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped
together in a place by itself.
KJV

The “message” was loud and clear…the Master will return, and has left the table but for a
short while. The first physical promise left to His Bride of His soon return.
THE MISSION

What is the “mission” of the shroud?

So then… ask yourself this…

If the Shroud of Turin is in fact the actual burial cloth of God then why would He leave
such a dynamic artifact behind? God could easily have destroyed it or left the angels in
charge over it. Not to do so, knowing paganism, would encourage worship and
veneration of a non living thing.

But He did not remove it, but left it behind. As the second set of videos will show…great
secrets have been seemingly impregnated into and upon this ancient cloth, to encode and
‘seal up’ vast amounts of information, and purpose that could not be retrieved until today
through our ever morphing sciences. As it stands…what I consider the “last” phase of
science induced technology, which must be utilized to bring the Shrouds full import to
fulfillment, is right now being perfected just for “The Shroud”. When that last piece falls
into place…..all will be complete….Maybe.

There is a scripture which I believe has a ‘twofold’ meaning, which then blends
flawlessly into the one in Revelation 13 when you take into consideration what Jesus may
be telling us more ‘between the lines’. He even goes so far as to “qualify” that first
scripture…telling you that ‘there is something ‘deeper’ here that I want you to understand
and dig out’…. and they are:

Matthew 24:15
15 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the
prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)
KJV

Is Jesus wanting us to dig for a deeper truth? One He is trying to convey? It is my

opinion that the “abomination” IS the Antichrist…not the image….and he is ‘standing’
in the holy place.

2 Thessalonians 2:4
4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped;
so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
KJV

The “temple”….a place of worship, a building of stone and mortar… it has a “double”
meaning in scripture….

2 Corinthians 6:16
16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the
living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their
God, and they shall be my people.
KJV
The “body” is also the ‘temple of God’…Jesus’ body was no less a temple of God the
Father’s and the Holy Spirit, than ours is right now. Notice the words “dwell”….
“walk”…bodily properties to the ‘temple’

Revelation 13:15
15 And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast
should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast
should be killed.
KJV

Life to the image. It will come to be life like…3 dimensional. This is no concert tour
poster, sticky taped to a wall or a wooden owl perched atop a bar stool. This image is
special. This image I believe could be the famous Shroud of Turin. So is the son of
perdition going to hang up a piece of 2000 year old cloth in the Temple and round about
town, then somehow make it speak? No……Oh much better than that…..This man has
style and all of heavens science is at his disposal.

The “mission” of the Shroud left behind by the Lord Jesus, on purpose, might be to
provide the vehicle by which the son of perdition would inhabit the “body”, the “One”
and “Only” “temple of God” in which he will “dwell in…and walk in…”to achieve his
goal of becoming God.

The shroud has been coveted by the Roman Catholic Church for centuries since the
Templar managed to find it. The Christian community had kept it hidden along with the
‘face napkin’ of Odessa. But lost control of it as it was seized by the RCC and has
remained in their hands ever since. The Shroud of Turin is NOT a Roman Catholic relic.
God has used the RCC as a way of ‘safekeeping’ both pieces in tact until the right
‘season’ had come. And through the RCC the necessary item needed to bring forth the
AC in his due season was utilized. For the RCC and those who are to bring the AC
forward are all cut from the same bolt of cloth.

The Shroud has nearly fulfilled its possible ‘divine appointment’ set by God (should it
have one, and frankly why leave it here if it does not?). Its mission has been fully carried
out, but for “ONE” remaining task still before it. The Shroud of Turin will act as The
Vehicle, The Divine Witness, by which we are to soon ‘measure’ a man….the
undisputable “Birth Certificate” of the Antichrist….as God…YHWH.

The Shroud of Turin according to scripture and new found science I hypothesize are the
means by which the genetic DNA of our Lord Jesus Christ HAS been taken….a body
cloned from it….a spirit prepared to fill it…and the fruit of it has been brought forth.
When the time comes, in his season…the son of perdition will step onto the
scene…claiming he is God and will PROVE IT by showing his genetic match to the
Shroud of Turin which they are NOW showing by empirical evidence the very high
probability that it is “AUTHENTIC”. Everyone will be ‘dumbstruck’. “If it were
possible even the elect would be deceived”. Would you question such a ‘proved claim’?
At that moment he will already be ‘residing in the temple’ of God (the physical cloned
human body of Jesus) walk “into” the temple of God (the physical house of stone and
mortar) and declare that he IS GOD…How?...Because he inhabits the very physical
vessel of the Lord which was born unto Mary. And the “Image” could be the holographic
representation of the Shroud of Turin that science right this moment is working on
specifically, to perfect just for the Shroud, because the Shroud has been found to be a 3D
artifact…not two dimensional! In other words…It is NOT a flat piece of cloth. There is
your possible Image to be fashioned by man. I do not speak of the 3D images we have all
seen through a computer monitor (as the photo below)…No. But these scientists are
speaking of a moving free-standing 3D projection of the ‘man’ not the cloth.

See what can be done already with holograms (link below).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8p6N_Ow5xRg&feature=related

The mission…to provide the genetic material so the Seed of the Serpent can finally reach
out and claim his prize after millennia of striving and seeking, to become God. Not “a
god”…’The God”. To defeat Satan and his plans, God has granted his very wish….”I
will ascend…be like the Most High God…” And the shroud could serve as not only his
‘birth certificate’ but his ‘pedigree’….then it can be utilized as the very ‘image’ in
holographic form throughout the world that people will and must bow down to.

If you thought for even the slightest moment, that ‘a man’ who two millennia ago had
been crucified, claiming to be the “True Messiah”…could now today manifest himself in
the flesh claiming signs and wonders, and “prove it” before your very eyes, without a
doubt….would you not willingly “bow down before him and worship him? And then
“persecute” those who refused? It is God…it cannot be denied!...Empirical science does
not lie!....Hummm? God in His wondrous plan for all things, set the perfect trap, and Ol’
slough foot stepped right into the noose.

The Great Delusion will have begun.

2 Thessalonians 2:8-11
8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit
of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and
lying wonders,
10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they
received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe THE
LIE:
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Just who “is” Prince WillIAM…Arthur? Do you know? I mean really know? Did you
know, if you superimpose the young prince’s face over the face imaged on the Shroud of
Turin they match “identically”? Am I saying that the prince is the son of perdition?...No.
But…”There is nothing new under the sun”…is there? Interesting is it not?

You be the judge.

Watch these videos for further insight…and be amazed…and behold.

Unwrapping the Shroud (This new evidence explains why the 14th century dating was
terribly flawed)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Bg9wxYpmv0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfRU8X-EC8c

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOi9yljfs-o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DEvBmn5pcs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIwcRieK0hM

The Fabric of Time (This new evidence is overwhelming convincing the Shroud is
authentic) If you don’t have tears in your eyes in the second part…check your pulse.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4x5wi_the-fabric-of-time-13_tech

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4x70a_the-fabric-of-time-23_lifestyle

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4x7hw_the-fabric-of-time-33_news

The image on the Shroud of Turin shouts out its authenticity by its own merits, its own
testimony, and has not crumbled but stood firm, and unmoving under weighty
accusations hurled against it by its critics, I being one of them. It has passed the test by
which it had to be measured and its witness is scripture itself.
Note:
Since I first wrote and published this article back in August of 2009, other evidences have
been found, such as the engraved plate image just under the chin of the Shroud ‘man’
which scientists claim to say in Greek “Abba”. Also, there has been a report that I am
still trying to track down of something being found imprinted on the Shroud itself, as a
sort of ‘death certificate’ which says:

! ) *

I’m just one who loves the Lord and a good mystery.

May His Holy Name be glorified by this servant and friend.

Come Lord Jesus

DR Sontag
[CG/The Watchman]
8/3/2009

Edit: 1/17/2010