Wednesday, December 17, 2013
Genesis 3:8-15
There are various interpretations of the story of ‘the Fall’ and there are also various interpretations of how exactly Christ’s Passion restores the relationship between humanity and God (“theories of atonement”). Even interpretations that we might find unsatisfactory or ‘out there’ can help us to look at these narratives with fresh eyes.
In the depictions of the crucifixion below, note the skull at the base of the cross. Legend says that Adam’s skull was buried at Golgotha, and Christ’s blood poured over it, a sign of the restoring work of Christ’s Passion.
-Matthew Kieswetter
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