The Shroud of Turin

Neither did I judge myself as knowing anything among you, 

except Yeshua The Messiah, even him as he was crucified

1 Corinthians 2:2

Shroud of Turin

As I gaze upon the Shroud of Turin,

an awesome figure I see

An image of a crucified man,

with a face that appears so serene

Blood trickling down His long hair, and to the brow

from puncture wounds to the front

and back of His head

Where He wore a thorny crown

Every pain in His beaten body can be read

And yet, as His eyes are closed shut,

He has the appearance of a peaceful slumber

But the number of scourging marks on

His frontal and dorsal image are beyond belief!

As over one hundred dumbbell-shaped markings

from a Roman flagrum can be numbered

Appearing naked,  for all to see

Yet, His hands that were nailed through the wrists,

are crossed over His male gender,

in a manner of such modesty

As the marks of Yeshua's crucifixion can be clearly seen

From the crown of thorn wounds on His head,

the spear wound in His right side,

to His nail pierced hands and feet

The Shroud of Turin astoundingly confirms,

of what the Holy Scriptures say about Yeshua,

and why He came to this earth

Still the controversy goes on to this day

Is this truly the burial cloth of Messiah Yeshua

with His image imprinted upon it?

Or is it really a fake?

Yet no one has been able to exactly reproduce

or figure out how the image was made

And if the Shroud of Turin were a fake,

still the Holy Scriptures concerning Jesus,

do not make any mistakes

But, if the Shroud of Turin is genuinely to be...

And it is being shown for all the world to see

Then perhaps this is Elohim's way,

of putting man's salvation on display

©2000 Sandra Lamb

Barrie Schwortz was the Documenting photographer for the Shroud of Turin Research Project, Inc. (STURP),
the team that performed the first ever scientific examination of the Shroud of Turin in 1978.
He has an excellent website, which is considered the primary site for the Shroud of Turin
and includes a wealth of information along with many links. Go to www.shroud.com.