[ourlunchgroup] Fwd: A folded napkin.
- From: Nessa Walker <greenheart1.7forever@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Daniel Sprier <crazypirate22@xxxxxxxxx>, Jacey Erickson <jaceysdragons@xxxxxxxxx>, Lunch group <ourlunchgroup@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Elder Terrell Walker <terrell.walker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2013 15:14:32 -0600
*Why did Jesus Fold the Napkin? *****
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*This is one I can honestly say I have never seen circulating in the emails
so;*****
*if it touches you, you may want to forward it.
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*Why did Jesus fold
the linen burial cloth after His resurrection?*****
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*I never noticed this....*****
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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.
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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!'
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*Peter and the other disciple ran to the tomb to see..*****
*The other disciple out ran 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.*****
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*Was that important?*****
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*Absolutely!*****
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*Is it really significant? *****
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*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.****
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*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.*****
*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!'*****
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*He is Coming Back!
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*This is one I can honestly say I have never seen circulating in the emails*
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*so; *****
*if it touches you, you may want to forward it.*****
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Thanks, LaDawn
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