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Monday, April 5, 2010

Why did Jesus Fold the Linen?

This was in an email circulation, but truly not one I had seen before. I'm literally copying and pasting it into this blog. I take no credit on the publication and don't know the author. But I find it interesting...

The Gospel of John (20:7) tells us that the napkin,
> which was placed over the face of Jesus,
> was not just thrown aside like the grave clothes.
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>
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> The Bible takes an entire verse to tell us that the napkin was neatly
> folded, and was placed separate from the grave clothes.
> Early Sunday morning, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the
> tomb and found that the stone had been rolled away from the entrance.
> She ran and found Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus
> loved. She said, 'They have taken the Lord's body out of the tomb, and I
> don't know where they have put him!'
>
>
>
> Peter and the other disciple ran to the tomb to see.. The other disciple
> outran Peter and got there first. He stooped and looked in and saw the
> linen
> cloth lying there, but he didn't go in.
>
>
> Then Simon Peter arrived and went inside. He also noticed the linen
> wrappings lying there, while the cloth that had covered Jesus' head was
> folded up and lying to the side.
>
> Was that important?
> Absolutely!
>
> Is it really significant?
> Yes!
>
>
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> In order to understand the significance of the folded napkin,
> you have to understand a little bit about Hebrew tradition of
> that day. The folded napkin had to do with the Master and
> Servant, and every Jewish boy knew this tradition.
>
> When the servant set the dinner table for the master,
> he made sure that it was exactly the way the master wanted it.
>
> The table was furnished perfectly, and then the servant would wait,
> just out of sight, until the master had finished eating, and the
> servant would not dare touch that table, until the master was
> finished. Now if the master were done eating, he would rise from
> the table, wipe his fingers, his mouth, and clean his beard,
> and would wad up that napkin and toss it onto the table.
>
>
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> The servant would then know to clear the table.
> For in those days, the wadded napkin meant, 'I'm done'.
> But if the master got up from the table, and folded his napkin,
> and laid it beside his plate, the servant would not dare touch the table,
> because...
> The folded napkin meant, 'I'm coming back!'
>
He is Coming Back!

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