Penned by: Kevin K O’Connor
Date Penned: June 28, 2017
Main thought: To pen my thoughts concerning the Shroud of Turin
My Feelings
on the Shroud of Turin
I
happened to be going through College getting an Associate’s Degree of Applied
Science at the time (about 1982 to 1984) that a team of scientists were doing
major testing on the Shroud of Turin. I also performed a speech for my speech
class concerning the facts that the entire team along with all of their modern technical
equipment could NOT prove that the image on the cloth was fabricated or false.
There will always be those who with
all of the evidence never be persuaded that this cloth was the burial cloth of
the King of kings and Lord of lords, Jesus Christ. And then again, there will
also be those who will NEVER need ANY physical evidence of such since their
confirmation that it is so is not dependent upon ANY physical evidence that it
is, but it’s based upon ‘a small still voice’ within their hearts telling them
so. But, Praise our Lord & King, He not only loves those with faith, He
also cares about the doubting Thomas’s that need more proof than their hearts
can give them. I sincerely believe that God has provided this cloth for those of
us who tend to need more ‘physical proof’ rather than faith to believe. But, I
also believe that while you may have all of the evidence in the world, there
will ALWAYS be those who could care less and even our Lord mentions them as
seen here with the story of a rich man and a poor man that had died with the
rich one being in torment asking the Lord to send back the poor man to earth to
warn his brothers; Luk 16:27 Then he said, I
pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send
him to my father's house: Luk 16:28
For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto
them, lest they also come into this place of torment. Luk 16:29 Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them
hear them. Luk 16:30 And he
said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will
repent. Luk
16:31 And he said unto him, If they
hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one
rose from the dead.
For
those who need little if any physical proof, when it is obtained, their joy is
magnified for they had already believed ‘prior to and in spite of’ the evidence
being obtained. Hence our Lord’s response to Thomas as seen here; Joh 20:29 Jesus saith unto
him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast
believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed. For
it’s people who first see with their hearts that tend to have the deeper more
fertile soil that our Lord mentions in His Word as noted here; Mar
4:8 And other fell on good ground, and
did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty,
and some sixty, and some an hundred.
Seeing
with the heart first prior to the eyes is still done today with many people now
growing in love and marrying with never even seeing each other in person until
the day of their union due to the WWW providing a means by which people can
grow to know each other by what is being communicated. In the same way, God
communicates His Love to every man, woman, boy and girl on this planet by His
Word and His creation that testifies of Him. Those with eyes to see and ears to
hear are taking the time to look and listen, those without them could care
less.
One
thing is for sure, each one breathing the breath of life will be responsible
for their own choice. Most prior to death, and some afterwards (those that didn’t
have the means to believe while alive due to their mental faculties – i.e.
mentally disabled or too young to understand) For love
isn’t love without a choice and so God has created each one of us with a will
to choose. He’s done it with the angels (hence the fallen ones verses the
faithful ones) and with us (mankind).
The
soul of man is eternal due to being breathed from God Himself Who is eternal. Hence, the reason each one living will spend
somewhere for ALL eternity, Heaven or hell. And, hence the reason God was sooo willing to give His Only Begotten Son Jesus to die
such a horrific, terrible death for each one of us. He is infinitely Loving but
because He’s also infinitely Holy, He had to have a means by which to save us
once we (through our Dad & Mom, Adam & Eve) had chosen to go our own
way rather than His way (trust and obedience). That Way and ONLY Way is through Trust in and
ONLY in His Son, Jesus Christ of Nazareth Who was born of the virgin Mary,
lived as a man, died as a man (although without sin), and rose from the dead as
the God/man 3 days later. He was always the perfect God/man since He was
birthed from God the Father Himself, but the final proof of it was provided
upon His conquering of death itself! To add ANYTHING to what God says is
required is to dilute what He says, to take away is to do just that, Jesus and
Jesus Alone is the means via which every human being will exist in Heaven, God’s
Paradise for all eternity.
God has already provided TONS of evidence in His Word
and throughout creation that testifies of Him loud and clear for those willing
to listen, but for those who need help, He has also left evidences such as the
Shroud of Turin for those willing to look and listen.
Heavenly
Father, Thank You for loving each and every one breathing Your breath of life
and thank You for providing the evidences of Your Word, Your Creation, and the
burial cloth of Your Son to help each and every one of us the opportunity to make
the decision to place our hope and trust in Your Son, our King Jesus! For, it’s
in His Everlasting, Glorious Name we pray, Amen.
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