The celebration of Easter is over. Easter candy’s now 50% off in the stores. The pictures have been taken, eggs hunted, meals served, special services attended and new cloths put away.

Lets focus a moment on the cloths. After Christ dies on the cross He was wrapped in linen. John 19:39-42 (NIV) And Nicodemus, who at first came to Jesus by night, also came, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds. 40 Then they took the body of Jesus, and bound it in strips of linen with the spices, as the custom of the Jews is to bury. 41 Now in the place where He was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had yet been laid. 42 So there they laid Jesus, because of the Jews’ Preparation Day, for the tomb was nearby.

Yet, three days later when Simon Peter went in the open tomb be found only wraps and the face covering. John 20:3-8(NIV)  Peter therefore went out, and the other disciple, and were going to the tomb. 4 So they both ran together, and the other disciple outran Peter and came to the tomb first. 5 And he, stooping down and looking in, saw the linen cloths lying there; yet he did not go in. 6 Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb; and he saw the linen cloths lying there, 7 and the handkerchief that had been around His head, not lying with the linen cloths, but folded together in a place by itself. 8 Then the other disciple, who came to the tomb first, went in also; and he saw and believed.

The folded cloth indicated:
1.His leaving was not hurried, it was orderly.
2. It could have meaning that the folded cloth meant the same as a dinner napkin, He was returning.
3. It does mean though, after 3 days His death was interrupted with resurrection as promised.

Romans 8:34 (NIV) Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.
Hebrews 8:25 (NIV) Therefore He is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.
1 John 2:1-2 (NIV) My little children, these things I write to you, so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. 2 And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world.

Today we celebrate and worship a risen savior that sits at His father’s side interceding for us.

 Pray to Him, your eternal soul depends on it.

4/07/2026

Garth Sparks AUTHOR

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