Deliverance from the Cross — Page 69
him die on the cross; saved him as the Holy Scriptures had prophesied and as the rabbis themselves expected that God would save the Messiah. The genuine Shroud of Jesus provides positive proof. After years of intensive study of all aspects of the Shroud Dr. Theodor Hirt, Professor at a German University, submitted the results of his research to the Congregation Secretary at the Vatican. He summed up his submission that the imprint visible on the Shroud was, in fact, the imprint of a body and it reveals: 1. A stab from a lance, but no injury to the heart; 2. Evidence of activity of the heart during the removal of the body from the cross, and 3. Incontrovertible evidence of activity of the heart after the body had been removed from the cross and placed in the shroud. The evidence that had become available was brought to the knowledge of many people, further enquiries were initiated and many experts were questioned. Time and again, they accepted the evidence as scientifically correct and reliable. To obtain completely objective replies, it was the practice in many instances not to mention Jesus Christ at all. The aim was to get opinions based on purely scientific grounds uninfluenced by religious considerations. The result is that the fact that the heart of Jesus was 69