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     Today is Resurrection Sunday, when we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus from the dead.       Newsmax Magazine recently published an issue about the scientific findings regarding the Shroud of Turin, a long linen cloth which contains the startling image, front and back, of a man whose physical wounds agree with the Gospel accounts, medical forensics and pathology of one who had died from crucifixion. The magazine article mentions the coins that were placed on the eyes, the evidence of phylacteries worn by Jews in accordance with the Law of Moses which contained portions of scripture, were present on the Shroud image. The article noted the presence of a bloody "3" on the forehead of the image. This is not a "3", but the Hebrew letter shin, which is embossed on the phylactery box, and reversed on the image. With that bloodied shin letter, we can say that The Blood covered the Law, which was contained in the box.      This is not new ...

When Joshua led the Israelites across the Jordan River into the Promised Land, twelve stones were placed as a monument for future generations to remember the great thing that the LORD had done for His people. There is a spiritual Stone, a foundational Stone, that not only serves as a reminder, but as a Stone upon which the living house of God is being built. In order to be a part of that living house of God, an acknowledgement of, and connection to, this foundational Stone must be made: "When Jesus came into the coasts of Cesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am? And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets. He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my ...