Cloning may help terrible prophecies come true: another Christ or antichrist
It
seems that one of the prophecies made by St. John the Baptist is coming
true. “When the thousand years are completed, Satan will be released
from his prison, and will come out to deceive the nations which are in
the four corners of the earth.” And this has nothing to do with
mysticism.
Researchers say they would like to clone Christ.
But with this good intention they on the contrary may get an
antichrist. Famous chemist Alan Adler who studied samples of the shroud
of Turin, the legendary burial cloth into which Jesus Christ was wrapped
after crucifixion, made a sensational statement not long ago.
The researcher said there was blood on the shroud and it was shed by a man who died a violent death.
The University of Texas Center for Advanced DNA
Technologies, USA, analyzed the DNA of the bloodstains. Head of the
Center Victor Tryon confirmed that was human genetic material. It was
divided into several samples and sent to different laboratories for
further analysis.
No results of the research have
been published yet but there are certainly some. Dr. Leoncio A.
Garza-Valdes, one of the few researchers allowed to touch the shroud of Turin is working on his book that will have a shocking name, The DNA of
God.
The very abbreviation DNA seemed to be rather common for majority of people a couple of years ago. But today it is a serious cause for anxiety. Indeed, DNA gives researchers an opportunity to produce clones, a copy of any creature whose DNA is available for experiments. Experiments of this type have been already made public: Dolly the sheep became an absolute cloned copy of a sheep whose genetic material, DNA, was available.
Soon, it became clear that cloning humans was also possible. Professor Richard Seed declared he would solve the human cloning
problem by the end of the millennium. He said he was seeking a fitting
candidate for cloning. Finally, researchers supposed that blood found on
the shroud of Turin might be used as genetic material for cloning.
Last year, in an interview to The Time Dr.
Leoncio A. Garza-Valdes summed up the decade-long dispute about the
authenticity of the shroud of Turin. The researcher said he had no
doubts that the shroud of Turin had been Christ’ burial cloth and that
it was his blood that stained the cloth.
In
1988, three laboratories from England, Switzerland and the US conducted
a radiocarbon analysis and made a conclusion that the fabric of which
the shroud was made was produced in the 14th century. In
other words, the laboratories stated the shroud was a fake. And it was
just recently that the erroneous conclusions were disproved. Russian
researchers removed the cause of the doubts.
Russia’s
Doctor of chemistry Dmitry Kuznetsov conducted several experiments to
persuade his colleagues that they were mistaken when determined the
cloth dated back to the 14th century. He said the results of
the radiocarbon analysis were distorted with excessive carbon that the
fabric absorbed during a fire that the shroud had stood. He stated that
in fact the shroud was older than traditionally believed and was at
least 2,000 years old.
No so long ago, the Pope
who is known for his absolute honesty also answered ‘Yes’ to the
question if the shroud was genuine or not.
Some
of the prophecies of the past sound particularly mysterious today. It
was predicted that there would be another coming of Christ. At the same
time it is known there was a prediction telling that an antichrist in
the appearance of Christ and in his flesh would come too. In other
words, this antichrist may be a fake double of Christ. And this may
actually happen thanks to cloning.
The prophecy says the antichrist will
first of all kill two witnesses of his appearance. Researchers who
decided to clone Christ are highly likely to fall the first victims of
the antichrist. And then, the usurper and impostor under the guise of
Christ, “the man of sin” will personify the absolute negation of God’s
commandments and set nations on to deadly fights.
John
the Baptist associated coming of an antichrist with the Number of the
Beast: “ Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast :
for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore
and six.” It was for a long period of time that the rebus was a mystery
for people. Some even believed a man would come with the Number of the
Beast, 666, written on his head.
Today,
researchers suppose that the Number of the Beast may be somehow
connected with the genetic code indicated in figures. The number 666 may
be the sequence of DNA genetic signals or DNA fragments necessary for
successful cloning.
It is a proven fact that the
image of a human body on the shroud is not a fake. No significant trace
of ink, dye or paint has been discovered on the cloth. What is more, it
is not clear how the image in the form of a photographic negative
appeared at all.
Physics Doctor John Jackson from
the US Air Force Academy and the head of the Shroud of Turin Research
Project says the fibers of the image were charred to the depth of 15
micron only and just from one side. He adds that hard X-radiation may
produce a similar effect. And it is a great mystery what could probably
be the source of such strong radiation two thousand of years ago.
There are many things about the shroud that would
prove that it was the burial cloth of Christ, such as a Roman coin over
the both eyes minted between 29 to 33 AD. The Wounds are consistent with
the Gospel account of Christ's ordeal. A) Crown of thorns. B) Bruising
of face. C) Shoulder abrasions D) Knee abrasions E) scourage marks F)
nail wounds in hands and feet G) wound in side. H ) Legs NOT broken !
People
who doubt that the shroud is authentic suppose that probably some
hoaxer used the Gospel account of Christ’ sufferings to draw the image
on the shroud. And made some mistakes at that. A hole on one of the
palms of the image on the shroud allegedly made with a nail evoked much
suspicion. It was thought that crucified people had their wrists nailed
otherwise palms were not believed to bear the body weight.
An experiment
conducted on dead bodies revealed that when palms of dead people were
nailed exactly at the spot marked on the shroud of Turin the palms could
bear the body weight. This is a spot having particular bones protecting
the flesh from tearing and the palms from deformation.
Researcher
Alan Adler says not log ago researchers discovered traces of exuding
liquid blood material right on the shroud. Doctors learnt about the
existence of such liquid only in the 20th century. It proves
that even a highly-proficient hoaxer had no notion of such liquid and
thus could not paint it on the shroud. So, the cloth actually contacted
with a human body.
It is important that the liquid analysis confirmed the human
who had been wrapped in the cloth died of dehydration and pain shock.
Earlier, experts denied the hypothesis that crucified people inevitably
died of asphyxia. An experiment conducted involving volunteers proved
that the pose of a crucified man caused no problems to breathing and
allowed victims stay alive for several days.
Secundo Pia
of Turin, a lawyer and amateur photographer photographed the Shroud
using glass plates for the first time. When he washed the negative
plates he was overwhelmed to find a positive image, and realized he was
watching the body of the Crucified Jesus!
The shroud of Turin was damaged in a fire in 1532 and stood another fire in April 1998.
Recent studies of the image on the shroud allowed researchers determine the height if Christ; he was about 180cm.
A
little-known relic kept in a monastery in Oviedo, Spain, is a swath of
an ancient fabric with bloodstains. Recent expertise has revealed that
the blood on the cloth is identical to the blood on the shroud of Turin.
The cloth of 83x53 cm in size is called Sudarium which means “face
cloth” in Latin.
Researchers believe it is the cloth with which Christ’ face was covered after he was crucified and was kept folded up in a coffin together with the dead body. Chronicles say that the cloth was removed out of Jerusalem during the war against Persia in 614 A.D. It came to Oviedo in 1113.
Researchers believe it is the cloth with which Christ’ face was covered after he was crucified and was kept folded up in a coffin together with the dead body. Chronicles say that the cloth was removed out of Jerusalem during the war against Persia in 614 A.D. It came to Oviedo in 1113.
Cathedral of San Salvador at Oviedo in northern Spain
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