You better not tell this story around any school or government building...just saying here....
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Jesus would not have left a relic to worship, folks
The Jews of that day would also have considered everything that Jesus wore to be ritually unclean:
Num 19:13 Whosoever toucheth the dead body of any man that is dead, and purifieth not himself, defileth the tabernacle of the Lord; and that soul shall be cut off from Israel: because the water of separation was not sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness [is] yet upon him.
Num 19:14 This [is] the law, when a man dieth in a tent: all that come into the tent, and all that [is] in the tent, shall be unclean seven days.
Num 19:15 And every open vessel, which hath no covering bound upon it, [is] unclean.
Num 19:16 And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.
Num 19:17 And for an unclean [person] they shall take of the ashes of the burnt heifer of purification for sin, and running water shall be put thereto in a vessel:
Num 19:18 And a clean person shall take hyssop, and dip [it] in the water, and sprinkle [it] upon the tent, and upon all the vessels, and upon the persons that were there, and upon him that touched a bone, or one slain, or one dead, or a grave:
Num 19:19 And the clean [person] shall sprinkle upon the unclean on the third day, and on the seventh day: and on the seventh day he shall purify himself, and wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and shall be clean at even.
Num 19:20 But the man that shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself, that soul shall be cut off from among the congregation, because he hath defiled the sanctuary of the Lord: the water of separation hath not been sprinkled upon him; he [is] unclean.
Num 19:21 And it shall be a perpetual statute unto them, that he that sprinkleth the water of separation shall wash his clothes; and he that toucheth the water of separation shall be unclean until even.
Num 19:22 And whatsoever the unclean [person] toucheth shall be unclean; and the soul that toucheth [it] shall be unclean until even.
It is clear, if a dead body touches it, it is unclean:
Hag 2:11 Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Ask now the priests [concerning] the law, saying,
Hag 2:12 If one bear holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and with his skirt do touch bread, or pottage, or wine, or oil, or any meat, shall it be holy? And the priests answered and said, No.
Hag 2:13 Then said Haggai, If [one that is] unclean by a dead body touch any of these, shall it be unclean? And the priests answered and said, It shall be unclean.
So, what ever Jesus died in would have been destroyed, or else people would have been keeping garments that would be considered unclean by ANYONE, Jewish believer in Christ or not, it was unclean!
There is a small church in Rome that is not well-known to tourists. It’s central pillars date to 400 A.D. It’s name is Santa Croce in Gerusalemme (Sacred Cross of Jerusalem) In this church there are the following purported relics:
Two pieces of wood from the True Cross A piece of wood from the cross of the Good Thief A nail from the True Cross Two thorns from the Crown of Thorns Part of the inscription board from the top of the True Cross In a side room there is a full-sized well-lit replica of the Shroud of Turin. The inscription board has the best provenance of the group. This is due to the back story and evidence on the board itself. I had already seen photos of all of these things on the net before my visit. But...in person it is the Shroud that has the strongest visual impact.
They are called acts of faith, it’s very simple...He said it and I believe it, any questions.
Saw a History Channel show recently where they extruded a 3D image from the Shroud and then rapid prototyped an actual sculpture. Amazing.
Then they used that sculpture to recreate the image on the Shroud. Radially light didn’t work. Undirectional light didn’t work.
What worked? Scanning the sculpture. ONLY that.
What did that model? The body of Christ turning into light and moving straight up through the Shroud.
I just said, “WOW.”