Scientists Make Breakthrough Discovery After Analyzing Cloth ‘Jesus Was Buried In’
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Who said no likenesses are allowed? Not Christians. St. Luke painted the first icon of the Mother of God. After that, icons have been painted of saints and Jesus.
God did.
Exodus 20:4-6 New King James Version (NKJV)
“You shall not make for yourself a carved image—any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; you shall not bow down to them nor serve them.
“You shall not make for yourself a carved image" in this statement God is referring to us. God did not place any restrictions on himself. When Veronica wipes the face of Jesus. Jesus left his image upon her veil. So it is not much of stretch for Jesus to leave an image upon his burial cloth.
I have been interested in the shroud for a long time and while trying to reconcile this exact command, what you said is exactly what I came to believe. It's impossible to know for sure if this relic is infact thee cloth but I want to believe such a thing exists.
He can we can’t.
The verse simply means don't make idols to worship, no matter who or what it is.
Note this verse occurs 12 chapters before the Israelites do exactly that by making a golden calf. So this context lends to the interpretation of 20:4-6.
What??? That is not a reference to Jesus. Yeah, you are WAY WAY off on this one. Way off.
It talks about a "carved image" or a statue, as we know it
Don't worship the stars, planets, the roman gods, etc. Don't worship the fallen angels in chains below the earth, or diamonds, precious metals (i.e. gold , silver, aka money). This has always been my interpretation.
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Though having said that, I'm not very keen on likeneses of Jesus that have been tradition in the US. Nothing inherently wrong per se, just how you treat it. Likewise, if you want a more accurate portrait, it might be closer to have a picture of Jamie Farr than the traditional European Jesus imagery.
...just sayin'.
Except that Roman letters refer to Jesus as fair-haired and light-eyed