The Shroud

The Shroud

At the start of the documentary, this extremely relevant point was brought up, how the shroud of Jesus Christ was left behind; in addition to what eventually happened to it. It was something that I found this notion extremely fascinating. After the explanation, as to how the alleged shroud had been discovered, I was immensely intrigued; however, one thing that I was skeptical about; however was that the alleged shroud had the actual imprint of Jesus on it. I was wondering how the imprint could possibly last on that single piece of cloth for thousands of years. Because of the likelihood that people could recreate the image, I was not convinced that this image was indeed the image of Jesus Christ: The Son of God. The defining moment that made me convinced was when the research done by doctors mentioned the discovery of the blood stains present on the shroud were pure blood; thus, the blood of Jesus Christ. The various impacts that the shroud had gone through, was uncanny; from wear and tear, to fire damage, and after all the damage, the shroud still remains intact. When examining the image of the shroud more closely, the image the documentary was discussing became very clear; in particular, the step-by-step process of how Jesus was laying and how the shroud was wrapped around him. I found it fascinating that the plant fibers on the fabric were analyzed in order to discover where the shroud had previously been; in addition to the fact that a piece of fabric thousands of years old could still contain traces of plant material that could be traced back to the native land; in addition to, how the plant fibers on the fabric were analyzed in order to discover where the shroud had already been. It was amazing how far the shroud had already travelled when considering the extremely fragile condition of it. In more recent times, when people went to view the shroud, the documentary mentioned the experiences viewers were having, which I found both intriguing as well as fascinating. When viewing the shroud, people stood in awe due to the fact that the shroud was not only the alleged shroud of Jesus Christ, the shroud could possibly be the key to unwrapping more missing links from the past.

Overall, I found the documentary extremely interesting as well as intriguing as the topic was one that I never considered to even remotely think about before; however, in the one hour timespan of the documentary, I became engulfed in the topic.