This year’s Holy Week Trilogy is a series of three visions of the crucifixion, each primarily illumined by one of three different ‘light sources,’: Good Friday, Holy Saturday, and Resurrection Sunday. Each day’s particular illumination draws out certain aspects of the same, infinitely meaning-filled event—the Crucifixion of the Risen Lord. The first picture receives its …
Ezekiel 16:6,8, “When I passed by you and saw you wallowing in your blood, I said to you in your blood, ‘Live!’”…When I passed by you again…I spread the corner of my garment over you and covered your nakedness; I made my vow to you and entered into covenant with you, declares YHWH …
Ezekiel 3:12, ‘Blessed be the glory of YHWH from His place!’ These are the words declared by the four Cherubim who stand by the glittering wheels of the divine throne. Now, what does it mean to declare the glory of YHWH blessed from its place? The ‘from’ is expressed by the Greek εκ, and …
Though “He Is Risen” functions as a stand alone animation about the resurrection of Christ–and of all things in and with Christ–it is also the third in a loose trilogy of animations that cover the events of Holy Week. Check out Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence, and Holy Saturday to see the first two …
Ezekiel 37:27, “My dwelling place shall be with them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.” In Ezekiel 1, we find an overwhelming vision of the cosmic Chariot-Throne of God. YHWH Himself rides on a throne of light above a firmament of crystal, supported on the wings of four …
Opposition to who God is results in exile from His presence. This is the primordial wound from which flows the entire deluge of sorrow, suffering, and death that plagues humanity. However, on the cross, this entire mass of opposition to God pierces to–and is borne in–the heart of God Himself. This is the eschatological …
John 19:34, “But one of the soldiers pierced Jesus’ side with a spear, bringing a sudden flow of blood and water.” Ezekiel 47:1, “…and behold, water was issuing from below the threshold of the temple…” The waters of eternal life flow out into all the earth only because the true “Temple” was pierced on …
Ezekiel 48:29, “And the name of the city from that time on shall be, ‘The LORD Is There.’” Revelation 22:4, “They will see His face, and His Name will be on their foreheads.” Only and all because of Christ.
Ezekiel 28:24, “…there shall be no brier to prick or a thorn to hurt them…” Because the Lord will bear them.
Ezekiel 20:33, “…with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm and with wrath poured out, I will be King over you.”
Ezekiel 14:23, “…and you shall know that I have not done without cause” No matter what happens, Christian, it is true.
Ezekiel 11:19 “…a new spirit I will put within them. I will remove the heart of stone…and give them a heart of flesh”
Song used with permission “Dead Come Alive” I felt alone in the world on my own then You came to me Hope flowing through my veins I was lost in the black so far gone Then You drank my shame letting sin flow through Your veins Lord You are good oh God You’re so …
Songs used with permission. ( www.twentyonepilots.com ) The cry for salvation is not a half hearted choice – it’s not a decision made lightly – eternal life comes when we realize that we are utterly helpless and desperate for the salvation that is found only in Jesus Christ – the Son of God. He …
Ezekiel 37:12-13, “Behold, I will open your graves and raise you from your graves, O my people. And I will bring you into the land of Israel. And you shall know that I am YHWH, when I open your graves…” The people of God will be raised from the grave of their spiritual exile …
Ezekiel 34:11, “For thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I I myself will search for my sheep and will seek them out. As a shepherd seeks out his flock when he is among his sheep that have been scattered, so will I seek out my sheep, and I will rescue them from all the …
Ezekiel 18:32, “I take no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Sovereign LORD. Repent and live!” Today’s picture and passage are a simple reminder to me of two eternally weighty realities. First—There are paths that we can walk—paths of idolatry, of taking the Lord lightly, of small concessions here or there—there are …
Ezekiel 17:23-24, “On the mountain height of Israel will I plant it, that it may bear branches and produce fruit and become a noble cedar. And under it will dwell every kind of bird; in the shade of its branches birds of every sort will nest. And all the trees of the field shall …
Ezekiel 16:62-63, “And you shall know that I am YHWH…when I atone for all that you have done…” When we see our perversions drowned forever in the atoning blood of Christ, then we will know who our God is. ___________ This passage from this morning‘s ll of scripture. The level of graphic specificity used …
Ezekiel 14:23, “…and you shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have done…” Here is a question-silencing word. Here is a settling, quieting, storm-stilling word. We stand within the vantage point of history, using the frail faculties of our mortal, fallen minds and hearts as we attempt to understand …
