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Mockingbird: Bringing You the Gospel (pt. 29)

"...He is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything [...]

John Zahl / 10.8.13

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“…He is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy.” (Col 1:18)

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4 responses to “Mockingbird: Bringing You the Gospel (pt. 29)”

1. Andie says:

   10/08/2013 at 1:28 pm

   OK, I don’t get this at all!!

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2. Dawn says:

   10/10/2013 at 6:37 am

   Ummm, me either…

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3. John Zahl says:

   10/10/2013 at 3:56 pm

   The image shows Christ as God in resurrected glory, as the one standing with arms outstretched (both reminiscent of the cross and of having conquered death in supremacy), over and above (i.e., from “the beginning”) the sort of cave-man-ish-looking first man, the old Adam, to whom he seems both to be connected and unbound by. A portrait of sovereignty that incorporates the way that such an understanding of life subsumes death, and the earthly/fallen (and tinged with death) origins that plague humankind. Made me think of that stretch in Colossians when I saw it. Thus, the post. Hope that’s helpful.

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4. Bruce says:

   10/12/2013 at 2:47 am

   Caption excepted, the first thing I thought of when I looked at the picture was “Tashlan?” (C.S.Lewis)

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