A rose among the thorns or the cross he died on(dogwood)
2007-05-22 17:10:53 · 7 answers · asked by pumpkin 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The dogwood because the middle looks like the thorns. The dogwood is in the shape of a cross and on the end of the leaves is the holes where He was hung on the cross and with red representing the blood. The white of the flower represents purity or free from sin. It is said that the tree was never to grow into a large tree to ever be used for the purpose of Crucifixion again.
2007-05-22 17:19:17 · answer #1 · answered by Godb4me 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I say the dogwood.
The Legend of The Dogwood Tree
When Christ was on earth, the dogwood grew,
to a towering size with a lovely hue.
Its branches were strong and interwoven,
And for Christ's cross its timbers were chosen.
Being distressed at the use of this wood,
Christ made a promise, which still holds good.
Not ever again shall the dogwood grow to be,
large enough for such a tree.
So slender and twisted it shall always be,
with cross-shaped blossoms for all to see.
The petals shall have bloodstains marked in brown,
and in the blossom's center a thorny crown.
All who see it will think of me,
nailed to a cross from a dogwood tree.
Protected and cherished this tree shall be,
a reflection to all of my agony.
-Anonymous
2007-05-22 17:16:27 · answer #2 · answered by tebone0315 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have always heard the Rose of Sharon
2007-05-22 17:13:11 · answer #3 · answered by Celtic 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'll go with dogwood.
2007-05-22 17:13:02 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anthropologists in the future might find your musings about abstract symbolic representation amusing. How peculiar.
2007-05-22 17:15:38 · answer #5 · answered by valcus43 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I woud say a red rose because it means 'i love you'
2007-05-22 17:13:25 · answer #6 · answered by SDC 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
rose.
2007-05-22 17:58:48 · answer #7 · answered by Midge 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋