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2. Cloth
“Taking Jesus’ body, the two of them wrapped it, with the spices, in
strips of linen.” (St. John 19: 40)
“Then Simon Peter came along behind him and went straight into the
tomb. He saw the strips of linen lying there, as well as the cloth that
had been wrapped around Jesus’ head. The cloth was still lying in its
place, separate from the linen”. (St. John 20: 7)
“and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in
cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room
available for them.” (St. Luke 2: 7)
Jesus Christ was wrapped in cloth when he was born as well as during
his burial. The cloth during his birth can signify Humility and Simplicity.
In olden times, lambs that were destined to be sacrificed was covered
in linen cloth. So, it can also mean that “Jesus is the lamb of go”, who
was destined to be sacrificed for our sins. This cloth (veil) can be
equalized to the worldly life into which we are bon or raised. Jesus was
born in a manger wrapped in a cloth which points that he was send to
the world wrapped in sins. Leaving back the cloth in the tomb signifies
that Christ sacrificed his life and was risen so we no longer need to
bear the sins (stones) because through his death, we are gifted with
Holy redemption from our sins.
If we are truly in Christ and is wholeheartedly willing to resurrect Jesus
in our hearts then all our worldly clothes needed to be left back in the
tomb of death and be born again with the Holy body and Holy blood
of Jesus Christ. We must believe that his death has taken away all the
stones of our life and that we no longer need any cloth (veil), as Christ
has risen “Beyond the Veil”.

Bahrain Mar Thoma 13
Yuvajana Sakhyam