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The Humiliation of Death

Posted by Rey

Death is humiliating. It doesn

Posted in: bible archive, church Comments(5) April 8, 2007

5 Responses to “The Humiliation of Death”

  1. MCF Says:
    April 8th, 2007 at 11:21 pm

    This was a fantastic piece. “the first revolving door to the grave”; well put.

    Hope you and yours had a blessed Easter!

  2. thegreek Says:
    April 9th, 2007 at 9:40 am

    The stone was removed so that we may enter.

  3. Rey Says:
    April 9th, 2007 at 10:31 am

    And enter in outside of our power. Someone else moved it–not us.

  4. Darrell Says:
    April 9th, 2007 at 9:07 pm

    Very nice. I applaud this piece enthusiastically.

    GK Chesterton also pointed out another significance of the tomb: Christ was born in a stable, which in the time of his birth was probably (from what we know) a cave. His tomb was also a cave. Caves are important symbols in human mythology and philosophy from times of antiquity. The cave was an important symbol in Plato’s understanding of how people change and acquire knowledge. Christ emerging twice from a cave, then, is powerfully resonant. It’s symbolic in that we see him born twice, both times emerging from a cave. The first time he was born as a mortal man, the second time as the first immortal Man, the first embodiment of the New Creation. It’s as though he wanted to make the point unavoidable!

  5. Rey Says:
    April 9th, 2007 at 11:16 pm

    love chesteron.

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