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Description	Français : Propriété de la République arabe d’Égypte, les codex sont conservés au Musée copte du Caire. Ici, le début de l'apocalypse de saint Pierre.
Date	around 100-200 AD
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Interesting Comment by Dr. Howard Davis, On The GREAT Stone of Mark 16:4, From The Tomb of Jesus.

By Dr. Howard Davis.

I don't know if this will go through as I got a 404 at their other site. 

But, the passage in Mark 16:4 says in Greek which I have read since ' 3  "having looked up": this shows in Greek the two women(who were prob.5 ft.) had to 'look upwards' to view the stone implying it was very tall. It says about "the stone" "for" gar.Gk., which was missed in English, but it means here  "INDEED!"  Then Mark uses 'megas' Gk. we get our word mega- ton, etc., meaning something of very great size.  And finally he says in Greek "extremely" or to the uttermost. So there are four Greek words to describe just how massive that stone was!    

So I translate;: And having looked upwards they are viewing that the stone has been rolled away, YES, INDEED it was extremely great in size!" 
So looked upwards-this stone was very tall in height -"rolled away" showing it was round - not a square plug stone as is being taught today in some quarters-  great in size or megas Gk. massive-and to add to the picture Mark is painting for us this massive stone was 'extremely' large. 

 Going back in time then Mark is saying this stone was much larger than the stones that covered tomb doorways! up to the time he was writing his narrative!!! Mark is known as a 'detailed writer.' He certainly shows us this trait here!

I always wondered what happened to this massive round stone and Simon led by the spirit of God found it in these last days when as Daniel says 'knowledge will be increased.' In Hebrew increased means to 'shoot an arrow.'It is increasing fast!   

I feel a team of Byzantines- hauled the large stone by oxen(?)as possibly then it was in danger of being destroyed by ------- or some other unfriendly forces and took it to Mt.Nebo -Moses area, and this it where it was later found maybe in a cave and then erected into a display only for Simon to find!!! These same men may have covered over the tomb with dirt,etc., to further protect the site. Then later Gen. Gordon discovered it and had his men remove the debris and uncover the tomb and general area.

Of interest the boyhood home of Jesus may have been discovered in Nazareth. Inside stone doorway has a round stone next to it to roll in front of the room!

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The Great Stone at Mount Nebo, overlooking the Promised Land, is a testimony by God Almighty, reminding all mankind that Jesus Christ (Yeshua) was crucified, died, and buried in the Tomb,  conquered death by being raised by creator God Almighty, testifying God sent from heaven an angel to roll away the stone; this signified that the debt was fully paid, and Yeshua is now legally discharged, and so are those who believe and follow Him. 
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16. King James Bible.

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By Dr.Howard.

Bro Simon,

 Here is an expanded translation based on the Greek in Mark 16:4:

 "And [the two women] having gazed upwards in surprise at the [great] height of the [circular] stone they were viewing  that this very heavy [implied in the Gk.-it was large but also very weighty] extremely gigantic in magnitude stone was [actually] rolled away."

Or "As the two women were walking [up to the tomb] they had to really stretch to look up very high to even see the height of the ponderous extremely massive in magnitude stone to see that it was actually rolled away."   (Hyper expanded based on Greek)

The idea presented by Mark -the writer of particular "details" as some called him -was this round stone was like no other stone covering the door to a memorial tomb at that time-it was extremely gigantic in magnitude (megas) circumference and very heavy. 

Where it says rolled away from is from the Greek "cut out"  from the bottom of the incline or track for the large stone just as Simon shows us in his epic video!  So two hidden features or details from Mark again-it was easier to close than to open due to an incline or constructed trough or slot and it was "cut out" from  stone at the bottom where the huge stone would roll.

He had to use certain Greek words to convey this. The word I translate as "extremely"(spodra) is also "vehement "in Greek conveying very forceful emotion; here the word in context  refers to the over sized stone! He pulled out all stops under inspiration to show the reader just how heavy and large in circumference this stone was.

I noted something else. Megas or great in the English Bible in our verse can mean enormous in height ! Rich and influential Joseph wanted to really secure his tomb, with a magnificent massive stone and perhaps to display his great wealth in those days. This was common. He was a 'good man' and 'waiting for the kingdom of God.' He was as we know mentioned in prophecy Isa.53:9. I  t's a rich  [  man-Joseph ] in Hebrew.

The word 'laid' is "appoint in Heb."   Joseph 'appointed' Jesus to his own tomb and Isaiah tells us why hundreds of years before this event- "Because He [Jesus] had done no violence,Nor was any deceit in His mouth."

After all Joseph of Armimathea  had created and planned as well as maintained with his own gardener a spacious beautiful garden too! That alone was expansive as well as the funds to create and maintain the garden.

The symbolism in all this is not missed. Adam fell in a garden. Jesus was buried because of the fall in a garden area. He probably prayed and restorted to this same garden in the days of His ministry!   

Jesus is called the "Stone" that the builders rejected. The stone in the garden tomb was massive and great as He is-with His height reaching into the heavens! He was rich while in heaven ,but as it says He became poor for our sakes. Joseph was rich and prominent, but gave up his spacious tomb that had cost him so much in time, money and labor, including hand chiseled by craftsmen a huge round stone such as was not done up until then.

The stone was circular not a square plug push in/out stone as some were at that time with round stones covering very prominent peoples tombs then. Who is more prominent than Jesus? A circle was symbolic of eternity and also with no beginning or end as we see in Jesus!

Again, congratulations on your massive discovery Simon!!! I have always wondered where that gigantic (megas) stone went and God led you in these last days to it! A very great blessing was bestowed on you from our Lord!

Again, if I can help with my knowledge of Hebrew and Greek or in any way please ask. It would be a great honor!

Blessings,

Dr. Howard

A Quantum Hologram of Christ's Resurrection?

By Chuck Missler  Dame Isabel Piczek-a Hungarian trained particle physicist and internationally renowned monumental artist-has apparently uncovered hard, scientific evidence that Jesus Christ did, in fact, rise from the dead. The object of her study is a simple piece of ancient fabric known as the Shroud of Turin.

The Most Studied Artifact in History

Image ©1978 Barrie M. Schwortz Collection, STERA, Inc., All Rights Reserved The Shroud of Turin is arguably the single most studied artifact in human history. It is a piece of ancient linen measuring 14 feet 3 inches long by 3 feet 7 inches wide. The bloodstained surface of the Shroud is marked with a negative image of the undistorted front and back sides of a naked man who appears to have been severely beaten and crucified-an ancient Roman form of torture and execution. For centuries, based on the Gospel accounts, many Christians have believed that Christ's body was wrapped in the Shroud when He was placed in a borrowed tomb in Jerusalem 2000 years ago. In 2004, Dame Piczek became fascinated by the total absence of distortion of the Shroud image, a physical impossibility if the body had been lying on solid rock. Piczek's work strongly suggests that the image of Jesus was projected as a quantum hologram onto the cloth as His body underwent the process of Resurrection. "The entire Resurrection process is akin to the Big Bang creation of the universe when something was created from nothing," explains Piczek. "You can read the science of the Shroud, such as total lack of gravity, lack of entropy (without gravitational collapse), no time, no space-it conforms to no known law of physics." Dame Piczek created a one-fourth size sculpture of the man in the Shroud. When viewed from the side, it appears as if the man is suspended in mid air (see graphic, below), indicating that the image defies previously accepted science. The phenomenon of the image brings us to a true event horizon, a moment when all of the laws of physics change drastically. Dame Piczek contends that the image was created in an infinitesimally small fraction of a second and its formation was absent of the effects of gravity.

The Physics Behind the Holographic Image

Dame Piczek explains the complicated physics behind the image on the Shroud: "As quantum time collapses to absolute zero (time stopped moving) in the tomb of Christ, the two event horizons (one stopping events from above and the other stop-ping the events from below at the moment of the zero time col-lapse) going through the body get infinitely close to each other and eliminate each other (causing the image to print itself on the two sides of the Shroud). In general relativity, an event horizon is a boundary in space-time, most often an area surrounding a black hole, beyond which events cannot affect an outside observer. Light emitted from beyond the horizon can never reach the observer, and anything that passes through the horizon from the ob-server's side appears to freeze in place. Attempting to make an object approaching the horizon re-main stationary with respect to an observer requires applying a force whose magnitude becomes unbounded (becoming infinite) the closer it gets. The description of black holes given by general relativity is known to be only an approximation, and it is expected that quantum gravity effects become significant near the vicinity of the event horizon.1 It is this apparent suspension of gravity that underlies Dame Piczek's analysis. "According to the nature of event horizons the dead body must have left its image on the two surfaces of the event horizons. At the time of the explosion (when time stopped) of the event horizons these images were ejected onto both sides of the Shroud, with the body hovering parallel to the event horizons. This explains why the image shows a dead man, not the risen body, and also explains why the image is negative (went from a positive body image to the negative image like a camera film negative). This indicates how the image got onto the cloth."

Three-Dimensional Hologram

If confirmed, this discovery is expected to yield a totally new perspective on the very "singularity" attributed to the Creation of the universe in the first place. Piczek's discovery-and those of other scientists and re-searchers who have studied the Shroud-is presented in The Fabric of Time, a television documentary and DVD from Grizzly Adams® Productions. Image ©1978 Barrie M. Schwortz Collection, STERA, Inc., All Rights Reserved Also featured in the film, The Fabric of Time, is a three-dimensional, anatomically accurate hologram of a crucified man. Working independently of Piczek, a team of Dutch scientists led by Dr. Petrus Soons used laser technology to convert two-dimensional photographic negatives of the image on the Shroud. Among the several discoveries from the holographic image was the identification of the two coins placed over the eyes. These appear to be "widow's mites," minted in 29 A.D. in the reign of Tiberius (and which, due to their diminutive value, were not circulated outside of Israel.) The DVD copies of The Fabric of Time include 3-D glasses to better view and appreciate the holographic images. This documentary film is based in part on the following books: The Shroud of Turin by Ian Wilson (Doubleday); The Blood and the Shroud by Ian Wilson (Orion Publishing Group); and, the Shroud of Turin: An Adventure of Discovery by Mary and Alan Whanger, M.D. (Providence House). This DVD is certain to stimulate a great deal of discussion as we celebrate the Resurrection of Christ during this coming Passover season!

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Barrie Schwortz meets World Muslim Leader Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad and talks about Jesus on the Shroud of Turin.

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And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come. Matthew 24:14 Just as Barrie is doing here.

Barrie Schwortz meets World Muslim Leader Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad.  by Simon Brown.

And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these. Mark 12:31.

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David Rolfe, Arif Khan, Barrie Schwortz, opposite Amer Safir, Hugh Farey, and Simon Brown.

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Muslim woman looking at the Shroud of Turin.

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Barrie Schwortz andArif Khan who is an amazing gentleman, who helped organise Barrie’s Shroud prevention and made it possible for me to film the whole event and was our hosts, who treated us like kings and provided us with free food and accommodation.

Crown of thorns like Jesus wore on his head.

crucifixion nails.

Dear friend’s I would like to share this article by Barrie Schwortz.

I was blessed by God who made it possible for me to meet Barrie Schwortz for the first time ever and Arif Khan, who gave me the permission to film most of Barrie’s techings on the Shroud of Turin, at the Jalsa Salana Convention. 

Simon Brown and Barrie Schwortz.

It was also a delightful pleasure to also meet: Pam Moon, David Rolfe, Hugh Farey, and many Muslims, Amer Safir, where I was able to talk and share my faith in Jesus death and most important, His ultimate triumph, His miracle resurrection.

David Rolfe, Arif Khan, Barrie Schwortz, opposite Amer Safir, Hugh Farey, and Simon Brown.

By Barrie Schwortz. Shroud.com.

I have to admit that I knew very little (if anything) about Islam when I first received the invitation from my friend Arif Khan to attend and speak at the Jalsa Salana Convention. That, in part, was what caused me to have some reservations about attending. I discussed this with Pam Moon via Skype and we both agreed that we needed more information about the Ahmadiyya Muslim community. I mentioned this to Arif, a staff writer for The Review of Religions magazine, who I had worked with since 2002, and he quickly sent me a series of links to provide us with some important background information about their community, which we published online in our August 16, 2015 update. These were essential for Pam and me to gain a better understanding of who the Ahmadiyya community was and what we were going to participate in and are definitely worth repeating, so I am including them again. PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE ON BARRIES SITE HERE.

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