SHROUD OF TURIN 

by Richard A Jackson

 

My brief analysis of the Shroud is as follows:

1. There are many different opinions as to the height of the man on the Shroud.  The heights range from 6' 1"  down to 5' 11".  The Vatican even approved for a Professor Lorenzo Ferri to create a full size statue of the body of Christ from the Shroud in the 1960's.  Professor Ferri said the man on the Shroud was 6' 1" to 6' 2" for which is wrong.  The Professor did not take into account that the body on the Shroud was designed using cosmic numbers, the same numbers used to build Noahs' Ark, the Tabernacle, Solomons Temple, the furniture etc.  These cosmic number help create what is known as the Vernal Equinox Calendar.  A calendar that requires the use of the Stars, Sun and Moon in the Heavens.  The Heavens that are where Gods House lies.  In essence, the calendar is a blue print of Gods dwelling.  The height of the man, as well as his body width, facial width and height, arms length and leg length play a vital role because the measurements help create a vision of a man (Christ) that mimics  God.  This man like the Temples and other measurements are Celestial (Cosmic).  Christ did say tat his body is a Temple (John 2:19) also, he is the Son of God incarnated.  When he was crucified, he went to Heaven and became one with God.  The Vernal Equinox Calendar represents the essence of God and Christ being his Son represents the same Cosmic numbers.  Building a statue from the Cosmic Christ on the Shroud without using the exact measurements from the body is not what God would want.  The Vatican must destroy the statue, re-measure the body on the veil part by part and rebuild the statue using exact measurements.  Professor Ferri made an honest mistake.  The height of Christ on the veil is exactly 6' 0".  (Convert every measurement to inches) or 72" - means the 'Father' 'God'.  When Christ was crucified, he became one with God (72).  The Vernal Equinox Calendar years consist of 360 days a year and last 25,920 years.  72 x 360 = 25,920, 72 being the Calendar and essence of God (shemhamphorasch).  Enoch walked with God 300 years (Genesis 5:22).  Take 300 years x 360 days in a year = 108,000 days x 24 hours per day = 2,592,000 hours.  Enoch walked with God and God is the 25,920 Calendar.  The years (300) is a Bible code convert years to days and hours.  Both the existence of God and the nature of God are revealed in and through Christ.  Christ stated 'He that has seen me, has seen the Father' (John 14:9).
2. At exactly 36" or halfway up the body, the hands are placed over the Phallus, left hand over right.  Each hand has four fingers showing, totalling eight.  Eight is the number for 'Salvation'.  Christs' death and resurrection was our Salvation (Mark 10:25).  The hands are located exactly 36" of the height of the body.  Christ was executed on the 9th hour of the Spring-Vernal-Equinox.  His body was taken off the cross and buried in a nearby garden at 6:00pm or 12th hour as  it is also called(Equinox = 12 hour day/ 12 hour night).  Exactly 36 hours later (3 days)at 6:00am on Sunday, Christ was resurrected (our salvation).  Now, take 36 hours and break it down to minutes and seconds - 36 hours x 60 minutes = 2160 minutes.  2160 minutes x 60 seconds = 12,960 seconds.  The 36 means Calendar.  The 2160 means the number of years the Sun occupies each house of the Zodiac/calendar which contains 12 houses (2160 x 12 = 25,920).  The 12,960 is half of the Vernal Equinox Calendar25,920 years.  Christ and God become one.  The calendar represents both.  Christ died on the 9th hour of the day, 9 means both strength and wisdom.  Christ was born at 6:00pm on the evening of the Vernal Equinox 6BCand died 36 years later on the Vernal Equinox 30AD (36 years x 360 days = 12,960 days - 311040 hours - 18662400 minutes) buried and tomb closed at exactly 6:00pm.  Christ is connected as Gods Son and the Vernal Equinox represents God and Gods kingdom.  Springtime (Vernal) is how you use the Equinox Calendar (March 21).  Both Solomons Temple and Herods Temple were Vernal Equinox Temples, they were calendars.  Also worth noting, four fingers are showing on both hands.  If the creator of the Shroud had stuck to the proper measurements of the Temple and the ways to give them - each finger should be 3/4" wide and 4 fingers per hand = 3" which means the Trinity, Resurrection.  In the Bible, a handsbreath is 3", equivalent to four fingers - each 3/4" each.  Also, since there are two hands, you add up both handbreaths = 6".  The hands are placed at 36" height of the body.  Take 36" (height) x 6" (both handbreaths)= 216 (means Equinox) and 36 (means Calendar).  Also the number 6 = 'man' or more specific 'mankind' (Genesis 1:24-31) and Christ was both fully God (72" tall) and fully man (6').
3. On the back of Christ on the Shroud are exactly 120 lsh marks.  These marks were placed on the Shroud in such a way that they could be counted.  The number 120 is symbolic.  This number is again based on the Calendar.  A year on the Calendar is 360 days, all of the numbers of the measurements of the Temples, furniture etc are also multiplied by 360 for which reveals additional meanings to the number.  Take 360 x 120 = 43200 the number 432 means 'cosmic' or 'cosmos', it is also another number for 'salvation' (see my work on Noahs Ark and the flood date = year 4320).  The number 120 is used several times in the Bible as symbolism.  In 2 Chronicles 5:11-14 'The Levites stood near the east side of the altar with cymbals and harps and with them were 120 priests playing trumpets'.  Since they were on the east side (the sune rises in the east) the Temple represents the Heavens, the 120 Trumpeters represents the 'Cosmos'.  Also on the day of the Equinox, the day and night hours are equal (12 hour day/ 12 hour night) take 12 hours and convert to minutes = 12 hours x 60 minutes = 720 minutes then convert to seconds = 720 minutes x 60 seconds = 43200 seconds.
4. The Shroud by itself is very special just like the Temple Veils in the Bible.  Their dimensions wen added together give messages.  The Shroud measures 3 1/2' wide (42") by 14 1/2' long (174").  Add up all sides together - top 42" wide + bottom 42" wide + right side 174" + left side 174" + 432" total length and width of the Shroud.  432 means the Shroud itself is a symbol of the 'Cosmos', 'Heavens', and represents 'Salvation'.  Reverse from inches to feet 432" divided by 12 = 36 feet.  Again 36 = Calendar, specifically the Vernal Equinox Calendar.  Every measurement in the Bible is based on this calendar that represents the heavens as a whole.  Take notice of this, the width of the Shroud is 42" - this number itself in symbolism means 'purity' or more  specific 'Spiritual Purity' (Matthew 5:8 - James 1:27).  Christ taught that genuine purification is possible only by following him and giving heed to his message of love and redemption (John 15:3).  There is a story about how Thoth (Egyptian) or Hermes as the Greeks called him, had written 42 books of wisdom containing all knowledge of Religion, Astrology, Cosmography, Geography, Law, Medicine and  other subjects.  According to the legend the Alexandrian Greeks and Jews used knowledge taken from these 42 books to create their scholarly works.  These same people translated the Old Testament from Hebrew to Greek, which is now called The Septuagint.  From Abraham to Christ are 42 generations (Matthew 1:17).  Christ was taught wisdom contained in similar books if not the same books.  This number alone or combined with the other side (174" + 174" = 348") may be the date the Shroud was created.  Neither number is found in the Bible and there appears to be no symbolic value.  These numbers could have been selected merely to help the Shroud add up to the symbolic number of 432.

 

CREDITS - The measurement of the Shroud can be found at www.shroud.com