Significance

Significance for History

The Shroud is the most researched artifact of antiquity—also the most enigmatic artifact. Yet, fewer people know about it than they know of Egyptian mummies, ancient Greece and Rome ruins, Easter Island, or Stonehenge. Further, Jesus is one of the prominent figures of antiquity and the central figure of a leading religion. So, his burial shroud is at the least a “treasured relic” (hopefully not overly treasured so it becomes a talisman).
If you are convinced by the evidence herein (as I have become), then the Shroud truly held Jesus crucified body exactly as reported in the multiple writings of his disciples. However, they also reported him coming back to life when they were not expecting it. Furthermore, the puzzling frontal and dorsal images—seemingly produced by an abnormal radiation event—comport with their writings.
That leaves us with a very strong suggestion that those writings are to be trusted. Therefore, if those writings are authoritative, we need to pay attention to the statements of that someone who rose from the dead. As much as it irritates current societal sensitivities, the core Christian belief must be true, and it is unique among all religious and secular worldviews.

Significance for You

Given the above, what are the personal implications for you—both now and at your death? The first item on your “bucket list” should be to determine what will actually happen to you after you “kick the bucket”, not some vague optimistic aspiration for a pleasant immortality.
Traditional Christian belief is that our bodies will eventually also experience a bodily resurrection and will encounter Jesus—to our joy or to our disgust, dismay, and dread.
When the resurrected Jesus Christ invited skeptical Thomas to place his finger on Jesus’ wounds, Thomas uttered “My Lord and my God!”. Does the Shroud invite you, in effect, to indirectly do much the same?