Posted on 04/21/2019 5:37:11 AM PDT by Kaslin
John 20: 11-16
11 Now Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb 12 and saw two angels in white, seated where Jesus’ body had been, one at the head and the other at the foot.
13 They asked her, “Woman, why are you crying?”
“They have taken my Lord away,” she said, “and I don’t know where they have put him.”
14 At this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not realize that it was Jesus.
15 He asked her, “Woman, why are you crying? Who is it you are looking for?”
Thinking he was the gardener, she said, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will get him.”
16 Jesus said to her, “Mary.”
She turned toward him and cried out in Aramaic,“Rabboni!” (Teacher)
A folded head cloth was found... meaning... I am returning...
He has risen... He has risen indeed... and He will return to judge both the living and the dead.
Amen... our Redeemer lives.
Amen!!
Amen, my brother, and I agree with you about the shroud and the napkin.
In a world of such evil the only thing standing is your faith
That passage still brings tears to these old eyes.
A word study of the Greek caused me to conclude long ago that the shroud cloth was not ‘unwrapped’ but was seen just lying as if a body were still in it, the body gone the cloth just collapsed.
That the ROMANS actually wrote about him in their historical writings.
BTW, the cup used at the last supper is on display in a church in Spain. It is simple cup made from a type of stone and not some fancy engraved silver or gold chalice.
Wonderful passage, hits me in the heart every time.
The shroud and napkin, or the clothes that were left don’t matter. What matters is Christ rose, he defeated death and he lives. We serve a living God! These weird fascinations with material things doesn’t matter one iota.
But think about it ... GOD may have left us a photo negative thousands of years before human photography was discovered!!
My belief regarding the Shroud of Turin is...if it’s real, it’s another miracle. If it’s a fake, it doesn’t lessen my faith in the least because I wasn’t saved over a cloth. The shroud is a sideshow. Have faith in the resurrection.
I disagree with the statement that the Jews and the Romans “couldn’t find the body”. The body was right there appearing to hundreds, showing off His wounds so that even someone like Thomas could see and believe. What the Jews and Romans refused to admit was that Jesus was/is alive and revealed His victory over death.
He is risen indeed! He is the Savior! He is the Messiah! Hosanna! Hosanna in the Highest!
My faith in the Risen Lord does not depend on relics. There are better proofs out there. Whether the shroud is real or not simply does not matter. What matters is how each and every one of us deals with the fact of the Resurrection. Fall on your knees rejoicing and know Him as Lord and Savior or do nothing. That is the choice of every man
> “Over 2,000 years ago in Jerusalem, according to John’s Gospel, cloths were found in His empty tomb”
God bless Myra but I think she meant to write “About 2,000 years ago ...”.
He is risen, indeed!!
Muslims have “blind faith” too. It’s ALL they have.
I have studied about the shroud for years. Watched every video, read everything I’ve come across, pro and con.
There is ZERO doubt that the shroud is REAL! Is it Jesus’, who can say, but the evidence is OVERWHELMING that it is.
There is nothing wrong, and it doesn’t diminish one’s faith, to be amazed over miraculous things, Quite the opposite I would say.
“What was found in Christ’s empty tomb”?
If it was empty, nothing was found
MHGinTN wrote:
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A word study of the Greek caused me to conclude long ago that the shroud cloth was not ‘unwrapped’ but was seen just lying as if a body were still in it, the body gone the cloth just collapsed.”
Further forensic evidence that He is risen!
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