Biblical details give Practical and
God also uses details and symbols to communicate deeper
Hebrew reflects a word’s and rather than its of as it is
The Tallit was:
The Tzitzit (seet-seet) was:
The Kanaph was:
The Tallit, Kanaph, and Tzitzit (prayer shawl, corners, and tassels) represented:
The Talitt and Tzitzit represented the extension of one’s self…to include their and
John 20:1-10
What was the cloth?
ANSWER: It was Christ’s rolled up and bound by the
- Even today, Jews are buried with their prayer shawls over their head as the ultimate “covering” that symbolize that even in death, they are being obedient to the Law of Moses
Practical Message: !
- The prayer shawl was of personal importance revered by the owner of the shawl
- Grave Robbers would not care or revere the deceased prayer shawl
- If they had reverence for the deceased shawl, they wouldn’t rob in the first place
- Body Robbers would not take the time to fold and bind the shawl and then leave it in the tomb
- In both cases, grave robbers or body thieves would be in a rush
- The folding and binding of the shawl communicates a non-dramatic and calm scene
- Simply: Only Christ would have paid reverence to His own personal shawl
But Why did He leave it behind?
Deeper Spiritual Truth:
- Deliverance
- Covering
- Bound to the completeness of the Law
- Matthew 5:17-18
- 1 Corinthians 15:56 – “sting of death is sin, the power of sin is the Law”
- Authority
- Revelation 19:16 – The Robe (Tallit), on His thigh (where tassels hang) is “Lord of Lords”
- Royalty
- Revelation 19:16 – “King of Kings”
- Refuge
The Shawl, corners, and tassels were symbolic of the Shawl and Tassel that is !
Christ left it behind because it was .
- What the Shawl represented intended to point to what Christ would accomplish…and it was finished!
As believers, we do not cloth ourselves with symbolic Shawls and Tassels, but we are clothed in the and of Christ who is our real Shawl and Tassel! -Isaiah 61:10