John 20:7 "and the handkerchief that had been around His head, not lying with the linen cloths, but folded together in a place by itself".
Why would the Son of God, who had just conquered death, bother to pause and leave His tomb tidy?
According to the tradition of that day, after a servant set the dinner table, he would wait, just out of sight, until the family had finished eating. If one of them was done, they would rise, wad up the napkin and toss it onto the table -- the signal to clear their setting. However, if they got up from the table, folded their napkin and laid it beside their plate, the message was "I'm not finished yet." The folded cloth served to whisper to those who listened, "I'm coming back!"
And He did, as we all know. But why come back AND stay for 40 days? to do what? Jesus knew He had a lot of business to attend to, primarily to serve the singular objective of the Great Commission.
Matthew 28:19–20 contains what this Great commission is: “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you".
In the coming days we shall see what were those tasks and why they were important enough for Jesus to have spent 40 days, before His ascension. We shall also see why they are important today an d how 12 people created a movement of 2.5 Billion people today!
After all, the Great Commission is still alive.
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