Why did Jesus leave his burial clothes in a heap, but the face cloth was folded?  I feel there is some meaning to this.
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GREAT QUESTION. The folding of the head wrap was a sign the head of the body was in order. The linens being messy was a sign the we as the body were at that time in disaray. And for today that we as the body are made up of all nations tribes peoples and tounges but we are of so many denominations that we are still in disaray.
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he is going to judge the dead and the alive that are not believers, why would he judge the saints? those that his son died for? many people think that the judgment is for everyone, it isn't.\nas for the believers we will have our works judged, and get a reward for those things we did, or loss of reward for things we didn't do and should have. now with that being said...\n\nOK, the Bible says that the dead and the alive that are going to be judged their souls are going to be judged, the soul never dies. the body does but the soul continues to live.\n\nthere is also no such thing as soul sleep, the Bible says that "absent from the body, is present with the Lord"  that is immediate!
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we are the lost coin.  We are lost until we find Jesus.  God is the one looking for the Lost coin.  When we repent of all our sins and come back to him it means that we are found.. the lost coin made it back to its owner... God rejoices when we repent of our sins, we dont do it again.
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Look at it this way.  Jesus was an ancient Middle Eastern Jew.   These guys were not clean and certainly didn't dress well.  If you saw a smelly guy in rags on the corner screaming that he was the son of god---would you believe him?  Most folks would walk to the other side of the street just to aviod him.
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means you are gonna need a towel cause he is gonna make an awful mess.....\n\nif you dont know go back and read your bible\nmeans that the day of judgement will come, and only those that believe, will ascend to heaven, all others will be left below on earth to watch all the they love move on to a better place .
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This may sound simplistic but if you think of Jesus as God's avatar on Earth it kind of makes better sense.\n\nGod's will and Jesus's will are one in the same for us humans, but Jesus was God in human form, exactly the same as you and I but more like I said above an avatar.
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He used the dust because our bodies are what connect us to the earth and the world. He breathed life into that body, giving us a spirit, and that is what connects us to Him. You will notice that there is a term known as "living in the spirit", and this means that we focus on the connection/relationship we have with Him rather than the connection/relationship we have to the world.
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Jesus clearly said that he was going to be HANDED OVER, not that he himself would do it.\n\nFor example, in Mark 9:31  he tells his disciples, "The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him. And when he is killed, after three days he will rise."\n\nLater he talks about the one who would betray him, e.g., Mark 14:21  For the Son of Man goes as it is written of him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed!  It would have been better for that man if he had not been born." \n\nIn fact, he announces that it is one of the Twelve eating the Passover meal with him, that would betray him.  (The amount, FWIW is 30 pieces of silver It is Joseph who  was sold for 20 pieces [Genesis 37], so some get them confused; and 40 is a common 'round number' in Scripture.)\n\nIn many of Jesus' announcements he DOES explain that this was all according to what had been prophesied, and that is was the means by which God fufilled his plans.  But he does NOT say that those who acted against him were in any way 'agreeing to help him.'  No, "they meant it for evil"  Compare Acs 2:23 where Peter declares "this Jesus, delivered up according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God, you crucified and killed by the hands of lawless men."\n\n(Other Scriptures include this same idea -- for example, it is by God's plan that the Assyrians attack Israel.  They are 'carrying out God's judgment'.  Only that is not what motivates THEM, and God declares that he will in turn judge these who had attacked Israel for their own ends --see Isaiah 10:5-16, especially vv.6-7 -"Against a godless nation I send him, and against the people of my wrath I command him But he does not so intend, and his heart does not so think; but it is in his heart to destroy....")\n\n---------------------------\n\nHow the "Gospel of Judas" differs:\n\n1) Judas is portrayed as being the ONE disciple who 'really gets it' and to him Jesus reveals a special knowledge hidden from all the others.  (This clearly contradicts the New Testament teaching).\n\n2) Judas hands Jesus over to die so that he can escape his human body, since the body and all the physical world is considered to be evil (a basic Gnostic teaching).  In the Bible --both the Old and New Testaments -- the material world is NOT evil.  Rather it was created good (Genesis 1) and the hope is that it will be fully restored at the resurrection.   In keeping with this the NT Gospels Jesus announces (see above) that he will die and RISE AGAIN.
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Are you sure they knew nothing of it?  Also, are you sure that the Pharisees knew that he would rise from the dead?  Otherwise, why would they put guards at the tomb if they thought he would really rise.  I think the Pharisees thought someone would remove him from the tomb.  And I think his disciples didn't really know what "rise" meant.
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I think no one will ever fully understand its significance including me. Some say that it is because He has to do it to save mankind from the bondage of sin. Some say that the supreme sacrifice has to be done so that mankind will be able to see the essence of life by conquering death. Some interpret it as a total expression of God for his total love of mankind, some don't even believe that it happened and some don't give a damn at all. \n\nBut what does it reallt mean? I am a Christian but am not an authority in interpreting such Biblical phenomenon.  I myself was at a loss when I was younger, so restless and careless that I didn't care so much about what Jesus did and knew about it only because my parents told me so. I was free and never understood that I was commiting sin left and right because I thought that I can do anything I like being a free man living in a democratic society where no one can tell or dictate to me what should be done. I solely depended on my limited knowledge, proud enough to think that I can overcome any obstacle. Then something went wrong along the way, so wrong that I couldn't find a way to fix some crisis I was in. Suddenly, I was facing the wall and couldn't get through, everything went blank and there was no answer. I was about to give up and say, that's it, for this world then out of I don't know where, I felt like someone's calling me saying, "look at me, look at me, is the heaviness of your heart more than what I have done for you in that you have to fall so hard"? I did this so that you may live. \n\nI was not fond of reading and I don't know why I just picked up the Holy Bible and started reading. As a Catholic I was not raised to be a Bible reader but later found out that no book can equal the wisdom that it contains. I started to realign my crooked life and started to make sense. I became a sensible person and wise in my own right but not judgemental in a way that I would show people that they are sinners but that they too have been saved and should lead a straight path. \n\nNow, all the troubles are gone and I can see only light even in my darkest hours. I gain strength in every challenge that I face and face it squarely with Christ to follow. That was the time when I knew the reason why He was crucified.
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Have you seen him lately in His resurected body. It is the most beautiful and perfect creation that the Christ has ever created. And guess what? you have one waiting for you too when you shed this old vehicle that you are traveling in now. That is if you care to find the truth in time. \nLove and peace from the source of it all.
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He wore the sackcloth and ashes as penance.  They're very uncomfortable--itchy, hot, smelly, etc.  Fasting was another way of showing atonement.  Sackcloth and ashes were very visible, fasting is not.
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U r getting it all wrong my dear.. Jesus had to sacrifice his life for we humans.. So that we REPENT for our sins.. so that we r always reminded of the fact that GOD has given his LIFE for us.. or better still.. A God incarnate has given his life.. It was our redemption in THOSE TIMES.. The next time HE comes on earth will be JUDGEMENT DAY.. We have already been given an oppurtunity to unserstand and rectify our mistakes b HIM..he has given us one chance by sacrificing himself..that doesnt mean he'll do it always.. Next time, we will be punished for our sins not HE!  \nIt was not God who died.. Jesus was a God-incarnate i.e.God born on earth as a human and since all  humans die, he had to die.. But Jesus is there on top..\n And God canty forgive us all without all of this.. Thatr would mean whatever crime u do, u'll be let off. God wanted to show to humanity that HE cared for us so much that he sacrificed his son!
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In the movies, it always portrays Jesus looking up and addressing heaven. Some say that this is when Jesus absorbed all the sin of mankind and God had to look away--seeing that He cannot look upon sin. I am not saying that this is not what happened, but there is a better explanation--it is very Jewish.  \n\nBack then, they did not have multiple copies of the Tonakh. They kept one copy safely stored in an ark in the synagogue. So the students and priests, back then as well as today, would memorize the scriptures (they did this by singing it). Whenever they wanted to bring a chapter, or a Psalm to the attention of the students, they would not recite the entire chapter, they would say the first verse and the rest of the students would know the rest by memory.  \n\nWhen Jesus was on the cross, He employed this rabbinical device--He quoted the first verse. The Pharisees would hear this, then in their mind they would immediately do the "scripture shuffle" and find that this was the first verse of Psalm 22.They would then automatically recall the entire Psalm that would show that what was happening before them was prophetic--that Messiah had to die, be surrounded by accusing Gentiles scoffing, "he trusted in God, let Him deliver", He will have His hands and feet pierced causing His bones to come out of joint, that they would divide His garments, and at the end He will say "It is finished" (which is the Greek translation of the last verse). \n\nSo really, was alerting the Pharisees to what was happening and that all what they were seeing was planned from the foundations of the earth and that He was who He said He was--the Messiah, the subject of Psalm 22.
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The resurrection of Jesus Christ has such significance to God's plan of salvation for mankind that God made it a spectacular day, so to speak.  The veil, which was 60 feet tall, 30 feet wide, and three inches thick, was torn from TOP to bottom by God Himself because Christ's victory over sin and death gave all who believe direct access to the Father...no more veil between mankind and God!  \n\nAlso, the resurrection of saints (those who died having had faith in God and the Messiah) was almost a celebration, or display of God's power to make the dead alive again, and of the new life all can have because of what Jesus Christ did.  Matthew gives a very brief account of the matter and that's it.  \n\nWhat we CAN know is that these all lived in their fleshly bodies and died at the end of their life.  It would be interesting to hear all the details of how happy and surprised their families were, etc., etc..  However, Matthew did not detract from the MAIN event, which was the resurrection of Jesus Christ and the implications to all of mankind because of it.\n\nWe must be CAREFUL TO NOTE that these newly raised saints did not go to heaven.  This would conflict with scripture all over the place.  Scripture is clear that NO MAN has ascended to heaven but the Son:\n\n"No man has ascended to heaven but He who came down from heaven, even the Son of Man which is in heaven.” John 3:13\n\nGod's plan of salvation is foreshadowed in His holy days.  The resurrections of mankind are likened to the harvests.  There will be two (not including Jesus Christ who is the first fruits of the resurrection).  The saints are raised to life in the first resurrection.  The rest of the dead will be resurrected AFTER the millenium.  But no one has been resurrected to heaven or anywhere else or the resurrections would be silly.  All "sleep" until their particular resurrection.\n\nThe two resurrections are found in Revelation 20:4-5:\n\n"And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshiped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.\n\nBut the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished.  This is the first resurrection."\n\nThe first thing we notice is that those in the FIRST resurrection refused the mark of the beast, indicating that no one has been resurrected yet and won't be until after the great tribulation.  These are seen upon thrones because they are the saints (believers in Christ) that while they lived in this first age prior to Christ's return, believed on Him and had faith in God.  These will be raised to glorified bodies like Christ and be given immortality and incorruptibility at Christ's return, just as I Corinthians 15 describes:\n\n"Behold, I show you a mystery; We (saints) shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, \n\nIn a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be rasied incorruptible, and we shall be changed.\n\nFor this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality."\n\nThis resurrection occurs simultaneously with the catching away (rapture) of those alive when Christ appears.  (The pre-tribulation rapture theory is just that...an unscriptural theory that is not supported any where in scripture.) I Thessalonians 4:16-17:\n\n"For the Lord himelf shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archagnel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:\n\nThen we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord."\n\nThe rest of the dead are raised to
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i believe that you are confusing it with the yishmaeilim, it says that when we put on the tallis we should wrap it like the yishmaeilim do with their robes i.e. that it completely surrounds the person.
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Jesus looks NOTHING like what they picture Him as.  He'd NEVER have long hair or pale skin (He lived inthe desert and it was "against His religion" for men to have long hair).  He looked like an average Jew.\nSee, at one point in time I thought about Jesus being black (which is why Africa is being treated to the way it is today because anyone affiliated w/ Jesus will go through hard times), but it really doesn't line up.  Even though REvalations talks about him having hair like wool and feet of bronze, Jesus is a Jew.  In the OT God didn't want His people marrying the Egyptians (or others in that same area) because of their religious views, not race.  It doesn't matter because it doesn't affect/effect what He did for us.  He died for us and that's all that matters.  He probably looked like a typical Jew.  "The Bible never gives any physical description of Christ. The closest thing we get to a description is in Isaiah 53:2b, “He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him.” All this tells us is that Jesus’ appearance was just like any other man – He was ordinary looking. Most of the images we have of Jesus are probably very inaccurate. Jesus was a Jew, so He likely had very tan skin, dark eyes, and dark hair. This is a far cry from the blond-haired, blue-eyed, fair-skinned Jesus in most modern pictures."