Resurrection

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At 08:15 AM 3/26/97 -0500, Deckard wrote:
>They reached the tomb, breathless, and Simon Peter crawled inside.
>John tells us that "he saw the linen wrappings lying there, and the
>cloth that had been on Jesus' head, not lying with the linen wrappings,
>but rolled up in a place by itself." Why has John recorded such
>careful detail about these burial wrappings? Did the shocking contract
>of rumpled white cloth against empty gray stone sear forever in Peter's
>memory this image -- to be told, and told, and told again, like a ghost
>story? 
>
>Or was John trying to tell us something about how Jesus left? That his
>departure was not sudden or dramatic but rather, unhurried? Leisurely?
>Plenty of time to roll up the linen wrappings and tidy up the place? 

This is a very exciting part of the story. To understand it completely, you
must go back and begin to examin the customs of the day. A history
comentary is very helpful for this. 

When invited to a supper, the napkin played a very important part of the
supper  that you were at. Perhaps, you were a buisness man... And while you
were at the supper, something came up that you had to leave for a few
minutes. When the servant come by your plate, the napkin told him if you
were coming back. If the napkin was wadded up, it meant you were though and
he could take your plate. But if the napkin was neatly folded up, it meant
that you were coming back.

When you examine the grave, you find that the napkin was neatly folded, not
because he was not in a hurry, but because he was coming back. But the
grave cloths were wadded up in the floor. He was telling us and the
disciples that when he come back, he was finished with the grave cloths.

I don't know about you... but I get very excited over this......
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