2,000 years ago, when Jesus walked the earth, there was an interesting dinner custom. If you were finished with your dinner, and weren't going to eat anything more, you would leave your cloth napkin in a rumpled ball on the table and walk away.
If you had to leave the table for a moment during dinner, however, but were going to return to eat more, then you carefully folded your napkin and left it neatly placed on the table.
This folded cloth meant that you were coming back.
According to John 20:6-7, on Easter Sunday morning, when Peter entered the empty tomb, the first things he saw were the linen strips and the cloth that had been separately wrapped around Jesus' body and head.
The cloth that had been wrapped around Jesus' head after the crucifixion now was neatly folded and placed separately and away from Jesus' burial shroud.
This folded cloth, in the empty tomb, meant that Jesus was coming back.
And He is.
And that's what we celebrate on this Easter weekend.
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