Berserk
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I have always been interested in detailed full-body images of Jesus that show up on film. One was taken at a funeral in Dallas after a depressed son had just witnessed his mother's burial. He had taken several pictures of the scene. As he walked away from the grave site, he pointed his camera to the clouds and took a picture without looking. A detailed image appears of Jesus waving his hand in greeting. The face is not detailed enough to make comparisons with other photos of Jesus. A good friend on mine talked to the son personally and got him to vouch for this account. I showed the photo to a photography expert and he saw no signs of the photo being faked.
As a child, I was given another photo of Jesus that emerges against a background of snow and mud. I was told that my aunt knew the lady who took the picture. One winter, she was sitting on a park bench with another Christian lady, to whom she mused, "Wouldn't it be wonderful if we really know what the Lord looked like?" Just then her camera which was lying next to her clicked for no apparent reason! A photo of Jesus materialized on the film! He has an incredibly tender and compassionate expression on his face.
IN my 20s I was given a third photo of Jesus, His image appears against a non-wintry outdoors background--a different background from the second photo. A young atheist in China allegedly challenged Christ to prove that he was real. Just then his camera clicked on its own and the picture appeared!
I must confess that I'm skeptical of these stories, but am dazzled by two synchronicities: (1) The latter photo was given to me the day after I prayed for a vision of Jesus. Granted a photo is not exactly a vision; but I had told no one about my prayer. (2) The faces of Jesus in the latter two photos are identical in minute detail, but one is not a copy of the other. Rather, both photos capture the same face from different angles and with a different expression and background. I have not been able to discover any artistic portrayal of Jesus from which the faces may have been copied, though I can't claim to have examined every artistic protrayal of Jesus. In all 3 photos, it is immediately apparent whom the figure seems to portray.
I took the last photo to a camera store in Cambridge to make copies. When I went to pick them up, the owner claimed he had lost the photo. I knew he was lying, but what can you do? To this day, I wonder if any of this is really significant. I simply don't know. That's why I particularly treasure "miraclss" in which I played a major role or which I can trace to a credible source.
Don
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