Youth Easter Ideas - Funeral Wrappings

Youth Easter Ideas - Funeral
Wrappings
The clothes were there but Jesus
was not. He had risen!
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Note: This one is not an original, but I
cannot find the source. If you know the
source I would be happy to give credit.

Materials
a pencil and bandage
As Christians we celebrate one day of the year more
than any other. Do you know what day? [Easter]
Easter is the day when Jesus rose from the grave.
Today I want to share part of that story with you.
[Read John 19:38-39]

On the Friday that Jesus was crucified Joseph of
Arimathæa got permission from Pilate to bury
the body. Nicodemus came with a large mixture
of myrrh and aloes. The custom of the Jews was
to take one-inch strips of linen and wrap them
around the body.

This was the same way Jesus was wrapped
“in swaddling clothes” when he was born.
Then burial spices were poured over the
strips of linen and hardened like a plaster
cast hardens around a broken bone.
(John 19:40)

Watch this. Let’s take this pencil and
pretend it is an arm. Now let’s wrap the
bandage around it. [Do not wrap with the
sticky side facing down. Wrap it with the
sticky side up around the pencil and catch
the leading edge as you go.]

This is the way Jesus was wrapped in strips of
linen and then aloes and spices were poured
over the linen. Then one long linen sheet was
laid down. Jesus was laid on this sheet so that
his body was completely covered by it. Now
let’s set this pencil aside until we hear more
of the story.

Joseph and Nicodemus did not have time to
finish the job before the Sabbath started. The
sun was setting so the women who followed
them saw where Jesus was buried and
returned home. The would bring spices to
finish the job later. Early on the first day of the
week (Sunday), the “Spice Girls” brought their
spices to put on the body of Jesus.

They saw the stone was rolled away and
entered the tomb but Jesus was not there.
[Read Mark 16:5-7] Jesus had risen! They
ran to tell the disciples the good news.
Peter and John ran to the tomb.

[ Read John 20:5-8] The Bible says that John
saw and believed. What did John see that
made him believe that Jesus had risen? One
thing was that Jesus wasn’t there. He also saw
the empty linen strips without a tear in them.
When Jesus rose from the dead his new body
was able to pass through things (John 20:26).
His body went right though the burial clothes
without tearing them.

[Slip the bandage off the pencil and
hold the bandage so they can see
the hole in the hollow area where
the bandage was.] The clothes
were there but Jesus was not. He
had risen!

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