On Good Friday: A Statue of Jesus Christ Is Unveiled in Rome Based on the Historic Shroud of Turin – And He Is Magnificent

Today is Good Friday – When Jesus Christ died on the cross in Jerusalem.

A statue was unveiled in 2018 by the Museum of Popes of Jesus Christ based on the markings on the historic Shroud of Turin.

The Shroud of Turin is a linen cloth bearing the image of a man who appears to have suffered physical trauma in a manner consistent with crucifixion. It is kept in the royal chapel of the Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist in Turin, northern Italy and goes on display every 10 years. It is believed to be the burial cloth of Jesus Christ.

Scientists believe the image on the Shroud of Turin, thought to be the burial shroud of Jesus Christ, was created by an ultraviolet “flash of light.” However, this technology was not available prior to the 20th Century.

The new statue shows the wounds on the man in the shroud who is believed to be Jesus Christ.

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Pretty cool

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Graven images? Magnificent? I think I'll just worship and serve the living God.

RV wrote:Graven images?

Nope.

RV wrote:Magnificent?

Yes

RV wrote:Graven images? Magnificent? I think I'll just worship and serve the living God.

Certainly you are not suggesting that we worship statues are you? Because that would be a pretty dumb accusation.

Muslims are very anti-art, quite the iconoclasts.

Christians appreciate art and beauty.

The commandment about “graven images” is one of the most misunderstood scriptures. Consider Exodus 25: 18-19: “And make two cherubim out of hammered gold at the ends of the cover. Make one cherub on one end and the second cherub on the other; make the cherubim of one piece with the cover, at the two ends.” Here, God is commanding that images be made!

So is God contradicting himself? First he says don’t make a graven image, and then he orders graven images to be made? No, he is not contradicting himself. The problem is that folks have misinterpreted the words “graven image.”

According to Strong’s Concordance, the original Hebrew words that were translated into “graven image” referred to "idols". Of course, we know that an idol is a false god, or something that you place above God. Since the Cheribum are not false Gods, there is no contradiction.

Therefore, statues in churches are not a violation of the commandment either. They are not idols, because they are not false Gods. My Church has a statue of an angel, just like God commanded the Israelites to make. We have a statue of Jesus, who is CERTAINLY not a false God. We have statues of saints because they are heroes of the faith, not gods - just like America has statues of its heroes – Washington, Lincoln, etc. – and those are not idols either.

Bottom line: The commandments forbid images of false idols or false gods, but there is nothing wrong with beautiful artwork of Jesus, Mary, or angels, whether that artwork be paintings, statues, or whatever.

RV wrote:Graven images? Magnificent? I think I'll just worship and serve the living God.

Don't you have a picture of Christ, or a nativity scene you put up at Christmas? Or doesn't your church have one?