LITTLE KNOWN FACTS OF THE BIBLE

THE ORIGIN OF CHRISTMAS

On December 25 of every year the majority of the Christian world (Christendom) celebrate the birth of Christ through many handed down traditions in

cluding, setting up a decorated tree, exchanging gifts, spreading folk tales about Santa Claus, festivities, and lighting decorations, just to name a few. Where does the annual celebration of Christmas come from? You might be amazed at what can be found in the Bible regarding the origin of Christmas and finding out the actual season of Christ's birth. It is a LITTLE KNOWN FACT OF THE BIBLE.

The Shroud of Turin

27 July 2007 Last Updated on 25 February 2008 Bible Research

Was the Shroud of Turin really Christ's burial cloth?
The Shroud of Turin is often given publicity as the burial cloth of Jesus Christ. It is a centuries old linen cloth, which displays the image of a crucified man. Many claim it is the image of Jesus Christ. The Bible can prove that it is not. The truth about the Shroud of Turin is a LITTLE KNOWN FACT OF THE BIBLE.

Disproving the Shroud of Turin as the burial cloth of Jesus Christ is easy using the Bible, as the proof is described in the Bible book of John, chapter 20, verses 6 and 7 KJV. "Then cometh Simon Peter following him, and went into the sepulchre, and seeth the linen clothes lie, And the napkin, that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself."

The same tradition of using a separate cloth for the head was used with Lazarus, as described in John 11:43-44 KJV. "And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin."

In these accounts, the head cloth was a separate item. It was not one piece of linen with the image of Jesus Christ.