Chris' Christian Blog

September 14, 2018

"September 14, 2018" 

Prompt: "The coffin had no body in it...." You tell us why. "

I don't know about a coffin not having a body in it but I can tell you exactly why a scared and heartbroken woman went to a grave one Sunday morning to anoint a body with spices only to find the body missing. The woman was of course Mary Magdalene and the body she went to anoint was Jesus, who had just been murdered by jealous Jews. However when Mary arrived Jesus was not there. She inquired about Him with the gardener thinking the gardener had moved him. However the gardener was not a gardener at all. It was Jesus in a resurrected body! Jesus Christ is alive and well to this day!

In post modern 2018, we live in a culture that is separated psychologically economically, racially, and technologically that it is difficult to sustain our belief in Homeric style metaphors. By this I mean stories that speak to all of us and in a sense offer e bind us together. So with this in mind, what image or images (metaphorically) depict our soul, you know show us to ourselves and offer us mutual solace. Or have we reached a time when creativity is fallow, flat and useless and we've exhausted our mutual understanding.

I don't think Jesus will ever be misunderstood in society. We understand and accept Him or we reject Him. Simple ass that.