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2006-09-21 15:25:13 · 20 answers · asked by Led*Zep*Babe 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It looks like Jesus is forgiving those who persecute him.
We as sinners have done works that are contrary to God's will, we are instead doing our own will, we're being our own god.
When we finally look at ourselves, we see what we have become, a selfish worthless sinner. Seeing that, our soul becomes conflicted. We experience great pain in our hearts and realize that all along we have been hurting Our Lord. We experience regret and sorrow for our sins.
We see that "Of myself I can do nothing." We then have to surrender to God. In so doing, we have to let Jesus take over our lives. This is when we have made the decision to "let go and let God".
Complete surrender to Jesus takes the realization that this world and all the works of the world do not matter to Him, only faith in Him and following His will here on earth by being part of His Church matters.
2006-09-21 15:47:05 · answer #1 · answered by Tiberias 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What a beautiful picture and one worthy of any visual christology seminar. Of course this is subjective and from a Jewish perspective, so please bear with me. The young man in the jeans and t-shirst is the universal human ego who clearly has suffered, as we all do, from the desire to inflict pain and even kill (he is holding the hammer in his right hand; the strong hand), but this burden is too great for the human spirit to bear and so he has fallen under the weight of this emotion and has become weak. The Christos is the victim (the particular), who has overcome the hatred of the universal ego and its lust for destruction and has leaped to the defence of the weakness in human nature and yet holds the symbol of his punishment (the nail in the left hand; the figurative weak hand) and is shrouded in grave clothes which shows the particular hope of humanity which is victory over mortality.
Thank you, this is one I will use in future.
Shalom.
2006-09-21 22:36:28 · answer #2 · answered by Rabbi Yohanneh 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is symbolic of Jesus forgiving and carrying us even though He had to die via a horrible crucifixion to save our sorry sinning souls from an eternal life with the devil.
2006-09-21 23:01:42 · answer #3 · answered by mrslang1976 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus loves even someone who is trying to kill him (hammer & spike visible). Human is dressed in modern clothes symbolizing the fact that Jesus loves those, who even in these modern times, are against him.
2006-09-21 22:31:49 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the man is in modern clothes, holding a hammer and a long nail as used in crucifixion, he looks anguished and is slumped. the jesus figure is holding him up. interpretation: modern man is always ready to nail god to a cross and god is always ready to support him anyway.
2006-09-21 22:29:51 · answer #5 · answered by foxfirevigil 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It looks like Jesus just knocked the guy out and is getting a nice feel. I'd like to see what happens next.
2006-09-21 22:28:52 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
I interpret it as God saving the one that nailed him to the cross, forgiving his sins, like He did for all of ours.
2006-09-21 22:30:05 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Looks like Jesus put the hurtin on the dude with the hammer.
2006-09-21 22:29:43 · answer #8 · answered by tammidee10 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It appears to me that Jesus has taken into his arms and forgiven whatever sin this man has either commited or ready to commit. Could it be symbolic of Jesus saying on the cross, "Forgive them Father, for they know not what they do"?
2006-09-21 22:28:39 · answer #9 · answered by Cassie 5 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Looks like a good Samaritan helping someone.
2006-09-21 22:27:38 · answer #10 · answered by stormywthr64 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋