Now that’s a wrap! (Mark 15:43-46)

Often I get hungry for Mediterranean food. Kebabs are my favorite. A piping hot lamb’s wrap anointed with rich favorable spices on pita bread make for a very satisfying meal. Throw in some baba ganoush and hummus for dipping, and give me a nice Jordanian Muslim friend to dialogue about the differences of our religions….and I am good to go.

But consider this;

Could you imagine taking the dead, bloody, “lamb of God” down from the cross and wrapping His lifeless body in a shroud?

When Jesus was born, Mary, His mother, wrapped Him in swaddling cloths. When He died, Joseph (not his earthy father) wrapped Him in a shroud… Wow!!

This tells me that in every detail of Jesus’ life, there was significance, and, in every significant circumstance, we find a specific detail in the life of a person whom Jesus had touched. For instance, the Bible says here that Joseph took courage and went to Pilate.

As believers, if we can find revelation in swaddling cloths and shrouds, then we can certainly find revelation and significance in whatever embrace we find ourselves to be in today.

Like Joseph of Arimathea, take courage, because what appears to be dead today will mean life tomorrow in Christ.

Jesus is the resurrection and the life. (John 14:6)

Now that’s a wrap.