The Napkin

I had heard about the folded napkin and thought I would look it up on-line, the story is below. Whether or not this was a Hebrew tradition, I do not know, but I love the story anyway! It gives me Hope!

I also wanted to say that I watched Mel Gibson's , THE PASSION, last night, and wow!! It is unbelievable to think this is what we did to Jesus. My feelings while watching it was GEEZ, I need to stand up for and defend Jesus MUCH more than I do. This man, God's only son and what he did for ME (and you!), it is unbelievable and we should all be stepping up to the plate to defend him and keeping his ways our priority every day!! LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AND YOUR ENEMY!! I actually tell Kaila quite often on her way out the door, Be kind to your friends and your enemies. Hopefully it will sink in at some point what that really and truly means!! \

Read on..............



Why Did Jesus Fold The Napkin?

Why did Jesus fold the napkin?
Why did Jesus fold the linen burial cloth after His resurrection?

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.

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.
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!" 3. Peter and the other disciple ran to the tomb to see.
4. The other disciple outran Peter and got there first.
5. He stooped and looked in and saw the linen cloth lying there, but he didn't go in.
6. Then Simon Peter arrived and went inside. He also noticed the linen wrappings lying there,
7. while the cloth that had covered Jesus' head was folded up and lying to the side.

Is that important? Absolutely! Is it really significant? Yes!

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..........

The folded napkin meant, "I'm coming back!"

He Is Coming Back!!!!