Hello everyone,

I do hope you all are well. And that our beloved GOD is continuing to watch over you all at all times. In this day and age people are still into the idols as they were back in the day of Moses. By not trusting in the one and only true living GOD who created them. They create a god with their own hands and bow down to worship it. Nonsense. And it continues today!

What took my interest was the Shroud of Turin. People claiming to believe this is what our beloved JESUS was wrapped in at the time of HIS death here in heaven. They have these images of a person whose face is on the linen cloth.

Because I was going by the word of GOD in Exodus 20:4 “You shall not make for yourself an idol, or any likeness of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth.
– New American Standard Version (1995)

If we are told not to create an idol or any image from heaven (or assume that this would be the face of JESUS), then why would our beloved JESUS allow this Shroud of Turin to happen?

Exodus 20:4

“Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:”

King James Version (KJV)

So I did some research on this just from the Bible and some Google sites. And this is what I came up with also

Forensic research (once again) suggests the Shroud of Turin is fake

The new research is in line with numerous previous studies that have concluded that the Shroud is not authentic. Earlier carbon dating work has determined that it dates to 1260 to 1390; Jesus is generally believed to have died in the year 33. And a blue ribbon panel called the Turin Commission concluded in 1979 that stains on the garment are likely pigments, not blood, while textiles experts and art historians have suggested that the materials and images are not from the right era.

As early as 1390, about 35 years after the Shroud first emerged in France, Pierre d’Arcis, the Catholic bishop in Troyes, wrote to Pope Clement VII that the shroud was “a clever sleight of hand” by someone “falsely declaring this was the actual shroud in which Jesus was enfolded in the tomb to attract the multitude so that money might cunningly be wrung from them.”

“Blood analysis: Chemical and biological testing proves that there are blood stains on the Shroud, of blood type AB and antigen group MNS. Moreover, there are no paint pigments of any kind on the Shroud—eliminating the possibility that the Shroud is some sort of supremely clever artistic forgery.”

https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/assessing-holy-shroud/#:~:text=DNA%20analysis%3A%20The%20DNA%20in,comes%20from%20the%20human%20father.

I was trying to understand what this was when I heard about a Pastor mentioning it. from what I understand the blood type is not even from the area where JESUS walked on the earth. It is more from an Arian nation of Caucasian people.

https://www.statista.com/chart/amp/28156/blood-type-by-region/

Antigens present in AB+ also play a vital role in plasma donations. While AB+ blood has both A and B antigens on the red blood cells, neither of the antigens are present in the plasma. This makes AB+ the universal plasma donor, meaning that AB+ plasma can be transfused into patients who have any other ABO blood type. The AB blood group is believed to be the newest blood type. The AB blood group is the result of the intermingling between Caucasian (commonly group A) and Mongolian (commonly group B) people. For these reasons, the AB blood group is found in low percentages throughout the European population, but appears more commonly within the sub-continental Indian population. This was found at this site: https://www.carterbloodcare.org/blog/2014/12/22/my-blood-type-is-ab/#:~:text=The%20AB%20blood%20group%20is%20the%20result%20of%20the%20intermingling,the%20sub%2Dcontinental%20Indian%20population.

Image above from: https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/the-shroud-of-turin-created-by-miracle-or-medieval-forgers

Now I will say that we all are free to check this out on our own, as to if this man made cloth with an image of a man is real. I feel it is real as to it being made and there is an imoression on this shroud. But I do not feel it is of JESUS at all.

Isaiah 44:9 – 44:12

⁹ They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed.

¹⁰ Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image that is profitable for nothing?

¹¹ Behold, all his fellows shall be ashamed: and the workmen, they are of men: let them all be gathered together, let them stand up; yet they shall fear, and they shall be ashamed together.

¹² The smith with the tongs both worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his arms: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth: he drinketh no water, and is faint.

“Is the Shroud of Turin Real?

The image is unmistakable, but the actual evidence for the Shroud’s authenticity is less so. That’s not for lack of trying. Serious studies of the Shroud date back to the 1970s, when multiple groups of scientists from various backgrounds conducted a series of technical examinations of the Shroud and the image on it. Their findings sparked academic debates and subsequent studies that would go on for decades.

Today, the bulk of evidence indicates that the Shroud originated sometime around the Middle Ages, and was created by human hands. Despite this, there’s still no consensus on how, exactly, the image was made, leaving the door open to a number of fringe theories and speculations.” By Nathaniel ScharpingApr 3, 2023 4:00 PM discover magazine

1 John 5:21

“Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.”

King James Version (KJV)

We all need to make sure of the things that man say is true or not by backing up what they have said with the Bible. We will see the true face of JESUS when it is time. And something like the Shroud of Turin is not it. I just ask that we all be careful as what we choose to believe. For JESUS will be coming at anytime from this second on. We need to be ready.

Peace and blessings!