Monday, 5 January 2009
to look on him and pardon me
Because the sinless Savior died,
my sinful soul is counted free;
for God, the Just, is satisfied
to look on him and pardon me.
One with himself, I cannot die;
my soul is purchased by his blood;
my life is hid with Christ on high,
with Christ, my Savior and my God.
‘But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honour because he suffered death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone. In bringing many sons to glory, it was fitting that God, for whom and through whom everything exists, should make the author of their salvation perfect through suffering. ‘ Hebrews 2: 9-10
The picture above is a sketch i did when i was reading Paradise Lost. There is a beautiful scene where Milton writes a dialogue between Jesus and God the Father in which Jesus offers himself as the ultimate atoning sacrifice for mankind. On the picture the words taken from Milton are: ' Though now to Death I yeild, and am his due/ all that of me can die, yet that debt paid,/ thou wilt not leave me in the loathsome grave.' Amazingly capturing the humility of Christ and the faithfulness of God. Don't think i'll ever be able to grasp just how awesome a sacrifice and a victory Christ achieved.
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