This is another major break through for additional scientific proof that the Shroud of Turin is 2,000 years old. Yet as of today, no major media outlet has covered the story in detail, because they are in fear of ending any controversy that fuels their money making news reels and specials.

First and foremost are the facts:

• The small face cloth in Spain, known as the Sudarium of Oviedo, covered the same face on the Shroud of Turin.
• The blood and sweat stains, along with the patterns and shapes match with pin-point computer accuracy on both the Sudarium and Shroud. Even the blood flow is the same.
• The Sudarium has proof of existence dating back to the 4th century Jerusalem.
• The use for a Sudarium was to cover the face, thus is in line with 1st century Jewish traditions.
• The blood on the Sudarium and the Shroud is of the same male AB blood type. The rarest blood type of them all in the 1st century.

​Now in 2016 we have a new discovery of pollen on the Sudarium and dried within the blood! The meaning to this is powerful.

The research group at the Catholic University of Murcia / Universidad Católica de Murcia (UCAM), was studying the Sudarium cloth of Oviedo. The research used an innovative scanning electron microscope. UCAM's president, José Luis Mendoza, said the university acquired the microscope to investigate further the relic known as the Sudarium of Oviedo.

​As the study progressed, they discovered a grain of pollen from one plant that is also identified on the Holy Shroud of Turin. Las Provincias, a Valencia newspaper covering this story, restated already known facts such as the pollen is from the plant called Helicrysum that grew in 1st century Jerusalem. This plant was used in Jewish and early Christian burials.

However, the significances is that the grain of pollen is not just within the cloth fibers, but secured within dried blood. This proves that the pollen on the Shroud of Turin and the Sudarium was not a later-in-time addition or contamination. Since the pollen is adhered to the blood; that means the pollen was on the cloth at the same time the blood was flowing and before the blood dried.

- LJ
Author of UPPER ROOM, THE WAY: 33AD to 57AD
All Author and Publisher's profits go to help the poor from sales of this Historical Novel

Lent is upon us and Easter is soon to arrive, but first is Good Friday, the day our Lord was crucified.
I ventured out to see a matinee showing of the new movie Risen and all involved did an excellent production. From realistic scenes to the acting surrounded by so much death. The anticipated ending portrayed between the Roman Tribune and Jesus is the uplifting moment all desire.

Yet after all the research I did, both secular and faith based, for my Historical Novel called UPPER ROOM, THE WAY: 33AD to 57AD, I wondered why a fictional story of a Roman Tribune was created when we have data of two Roman Centurions directly involved. We even know their names: Centurion Petronius who guarded Jesus’ tomb and Centurion Longinus who oversaw the crucifixion.

Additional items in the movie had no historical data to support the presentation, such as the Emperor of Rome visiting Jerusalem just after Jesus’ resurrection by way of a river that doesn’t exist. Also digging up Jewish graves to find a body for the missing Jesus would have caused riots in the streets and this would have been duly noted in both secular and religious records. I personally was disappointed to just see Jesus appearing only to the apostles all the time especially when data tells of Jesus appearing to hundreds, especially in Galilee.

I know when our eyes are open, we are surrounded by images every second of every day. I also know many computer experts, artist, and forensic scientists, have collaborated to create an image showing what Jesus may actually look like from the data collected as per the Shroud of Turin. This shroud was Jesus' burial cloth and on the first micro layer of fibers is a complete body image front and back showing the full passion. After four decades of scientific study no science can explain how the image was made. These are not bold statements. The scientific facts prove the Shroud is 2,000 years old and authentic. The media version that portrays constant controversy is just to make a profit on an amazing story that they hope to keep as a mystery forever. Thus obtaining more ratings, readers, and profits. If they did their job completely, the truth would be told and their job would be done. So this blog post and video must NOT go Viral, for the message is NOT a virus. This must Propagate! Propagate, so the culture of anthropocentrism will stop.

From the few scientifically Shroud based created images showing what Jesus looks like, I see this image as the strongest. Placed into a video that you should share with all you know and love. Perhaps the image should be shown around the world as the video suggests.
The eyes are so telling...

- LJ
Author of UPPER ROOM, THE WAY: 33AD to 57AD
Author and Publisher's profits go to help the poor from sales of this Historical Novel.

The Youtube video is below and the LINK to share is: ​https://youtu.be/u0gVyEX-PkE