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January 05, 2004
The spear that pierced the body of Jesus
I saw a program on Discovery Channel yesterday, where they did forensic tests on the spear that was said to have pierced Jesus after he died on the cross.
It's been seen as a powerful relic for almost 2000 years, and was last owned by Adolph Hitler until found by the Americans and given to a museum.
Over the years it's been said to have been owned by powerful world leaders, and has been augmented over the years with inscriptions, silver and gold sheaths.
The idea was that because it had pierced the body of Jesus, and his blood had covered it, it had been imbued by power from that day on, and would give it's owner power.
Frankly, it's not a Christian idea at all!
That idea has no place in Christendom, because Jesus and the apostles taught that the Holy Spirit would inhabit us, and that's where our power comes from. The only place where they used objects was when they took cloth worn by Peter and laid on the sick. And even so, those objects were to be used as points of contact for faith, not as magical objects.
The way the story of the spear was told, it's clear that the idea was rooted in magic.
What I'm saying here is probably very hard for catholics to hear, because relics are very important to them. But I call it like I see it, and historically, magic has gotten mixed up with Christianity at many points in history. Magic belongs within occultism, the way I see it, and occultism has nothing to do with the Christian God.
God never meant for his people to put their faith in objects of any kind. All of that is heresy. God meant for his people to seek him in prayer and in faith, and he would send his Holy Spirit to minister to them and through them.
Oh, and the results of the forensic tests? They don't believe that the spear itself is from the time of Jesus. But there's a big nail in the center of the spear that looks a lot like the nails used to nail people to a cross at that time. It's too well preserved to have been from his time, but there's something pressed into the metal of the nail, that they suspect could have been a fragment from a nail used to crucify Jesus.
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Posted by Ann at January 5, 2004 07:01 AM
Comments
Very interesting!!!I was a Catholic for 30 years and in a convent for 5 years and I never heard this one. I do agree that the Catholic church is so mixed up with forms, methods and traditions that border on the occult. Their icons, relics etc. keep folks in bondage. All the types and symbols in the old testiment relate in some way or another to Jesus Christ and His Eternal meaning.They may have a relic, but I have Jesus Christ in my heart and as my life now and that is greater than any symbol. He alone is the power of God. The Hitler's of this world try to possess all the power without the Lord, so they trick people into believing they have something. It is demonic and the devil will always try to get you to look at man and not Jesus Christ. Be careful!! Christ in you is your hope of glory, that's what the word says. When Christ comes into your life you don't need relics, signs and symbols. He is a person. He is enough. He is sufficient. He is Lord of all. And that means Lord of us. He is to be worshipped, not man or man made things. Let us keep seeking The Truth, Jesus who is the Truth of God. memma
Posted by: memma at November 15, 2004 07:57 PM