Why Did Jesus Fold The Napkin

الجمعة, 15 اغسطس, 2008

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> Why Did Jesus Fold The Napkin???
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> This is very interesting. I had never heard it before. Why did Jesus
> fold the napkin? Why did Jesus fold the linen burial cloth after His
> resurrection?
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> 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. The Bible takes an entire verse to tell us that the napkin was
> neatly folded, and was placed at the head of that stony coffin.
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> 1. 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.
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> 2. 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!'
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> 3. Peter and the other disciple ran to the tomb to see.
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> 4. The other disciple outran Peter and got there first.
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> 5. He stooped and looked in and saw the linen cloth lying there, but
> he didn't go in.
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> 6. 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.
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> Is 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 was 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. 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.... ......
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> The folded napkin meant, 'I'm coming back!'
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> He Is Coming Back!!!