{"id":3,"date":"2010-04-02T22:10:02","date_gmt":"2010-04-03T02:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thekingdomministries.com\/?p=3"},"modified":"2010-07-05T17:02:17","modified_gmt":"2010-07-05T21:02:17","slug":"why-the-folding-of-the-napkin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thekingdomministries.com\/?p=3","title":{"rendered":"Why the Folding of the Napkin?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Why Did Jesus Fold the Napkin?<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

This is one I can honestly say I have never seen circulating in the emails
\nso; if it touches you, you may want to forward it.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Why did Jesus fold the linen burial cloth after His resurrection?<\/em><\/p>\n

I never noticed this….<\/em><\/p>\n

The Gospel of John (20:7) tells us that the napkin, which was placed over<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

the face of Jesus, was not just thrown aside like \u00a0the grave clothes.<\/strong>
\n<\/span>
\nThe Bible takes an entire verse to tell us that the napkin was neatly<\/em><\/p>\n

folded, \u00a0and was placed separate from the grave clothes.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Early Sunday morning, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the<\/em><\/p>\n

tomb and found that the stone had been rolled away \u00a0from the entrance.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

She ran and found Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus<\/em><\/p>\n

loved. \u00a0She said, ‘They have taken the Lord’s body out of the tomb, and I<\/em><\/p>\n

don’t know where \u00a0they have put him!’<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Peter and the other disciple ran to the tomb to see. The other disciple<\/em><\/p>\n

outran Peter and got there first. He stooped and looked in and saw the linen<\/em><\/p>\n

cloth lying \u00a0there, but he didn’t go in.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Then Simon Peter arrived and went inside. \u00a0He also noticed the linen<\/em><\/p>\n

wrappings lying there, while the cloth that had covered \u00a0Jesus’ head was<\/em><\/p>\n

folded up and lying \u00a0to the side.<\/em><\/p>\n

Was that \u00a0important? Absolutely!<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Is \u00a0it really significant? Yes!<\/strong>
\n<\/span>
\nIn order to understand the significance of the folded napkin, you have to
\nunderstand \u00a0a little bit about Hebrew tradition of that day. \u00a0The folded
\nnapkin had to do with the Master and Servant, and every Jewish boy knew this<\/em><\/p>\n

tradition.
\nWhen the servant set the dinner table for the master, he made sure that it<\/em><\/p>\n

was exactly the way the master wanted it..<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

The table was furnished perfectly, and then the servant would wait, just out
\nof sight, until the master had finished eating, and the servant would not<\/em><\/p>\n

dare touch \u00a0that table, until the master was finished.
\nNow if the \u00a0master were done eating, he would rise from the \u00a0table, wipe his
\nfingers, \u00a0his mouth, and clean his beard, and would wad up \u00a0that napkin and<\/em><\/p>\n

toss it onto the \u00a0table.
\nThe servant would then know to clear the table. For in those days, the<\/em><\/p>\n

wadded napkin meant, ‘I’m done’.
\nBut if the master got up from the table, and folded his napkin, and laid it
\nbeside \u00a0his plate, the servant would not dare touch the \u00a0table,\u00a0because……….<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

The folded \u00a0napkin meant, ‘I’m coming back!’<\/em><\/p>\n

He \u00a0is Coming Back!<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Why Did Jesus Fold the Napkin? 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. \u00a0 Why did Jesus fold the linen burial cloth after His resurrection? I never noticed this…. The Gospel of John (20:7) tells us […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12,11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thekingdomministries.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thekingdomministries.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thekingdomministries.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thekingdomministries.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thekingdomministries.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/thekingdomministries.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71,"href":"https:\/\/thekingdomministries.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3\/revisions\/71"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thekingdomministries.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thekingdomministries.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thekingdomministries.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}