Hello – An Animation
This short film, feature music from Twenty One Pilots, considers Christ’s descent into our darkness and the saving “Hello” He speaks to us from the Tree.
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John 19:40-41
John 19:40-41, “They took the body of Jesus and bound it in linen cloths with the *spices*…in the place where He was crucified, there was a *garden,* and in the *garden* a new tomb…they laid Jesus there.” John knows Scripture well, such that, when he combines the words *spices* and *garden* here in his account
Daniel 3:8-25
Daniel 3:8-25 In exile from the Sacred Heart that raised them from the dust, Within the curse’ed grave they lie, their epitaph in rust Inscribed by flame into the form of that great House of God Which lies now, ruined for their sin, beneath the ashen sod. O, People of the Living God, how came
Matthew 17:22
Matthew 17:22, “The Son of Man is about to be delivered into the hands of men.” The Son of *Man*, in whom all of humanity is represented, is delivered into the hands of *men* (ie., humanity), such that, what is done by men to the Son of Man becomes almost a parable of what the
Ezekiel 37:7-10
Ezekiel 37:7-10, “…and the bones came together…and flesh came upon them…But there was no Breath in them….And the Breath came into them, and they lived…” In these verses, a wilderness of dry bones is gathered together, clothed in flesh, and finally ‘breathed upon’ (ἐμφυσάω, crucially, the same word as Genes is 2:7 and John 20:22)
Song of Songs 2:10
Song of Songs 2:10, “Arise, my love, my beautiful one, and come away…” The word for “arise” here in the Greek OT is “ἀνίστημι”—the same word translated “resurrection.” We may, thus, read this call to “Arise” as the call of the Risen Christ to His Bride, gathering her up from the dust of death and
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2 Corinthians 12:10
2 Corinthians 12:10, “For the sake of Christ, therefore, I am well pleased in weaknesses, mistreatments, calamities, persecutions and distress, for when I am weak, then I am strong.” Paul’s definition here of ‘weakness’ is broad, essentially embracing the total experience of mortality in the fallen world. ‘Weakness’ is the curse of Genesis 3, in
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John 20:16
John 20:16, “Jesus said to her, ‘Mary.’” Mary stands weeping outside Jesus’ empty tomb…She weeps over the loss of her beloved Lord, but more than this, in weeping over Christ’s death—in which all the pain, grief, sin, death, and damnation of the redeemed creation are borne—she weeps for all the sufferings of the world. In
1 Peter
If I were to summarize the message of 1 Peter in one sentence, it’d be something like this: ‘In the Suffering and Glorified Christ, Christ-imaging exiles suffer in the living hope of glory.’ The Christ-follower is united to Christ Himself (Peter is no less emphatic about this than Paul or John), and—as such—can expect the
Isaiah 53:5
Isaiah 53:5, ‘He was pierced for our transgressions; He was crushed for our iniquities; upon Him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with His wounds, we are healed.’ See how substitution is expressed in the very structure of Isaiah’s words, like lashes falling on the Lord’s back, we hear the repeated refrain ‘He…for
Psalm 57:8
Psalm 57:8, ‘[I will sing and make melody!] Awake my glory! Awake, O harp and lyre! I will awake the dawn!’ The Glory of God is that Body that hangs in terrible beauty upon the cross. That Crucified Lord, that Pierced One, that shattered Heart, that One who gives His flesh as food and His
Revelation 21:4
Revelation 21:4, ‘And He will wipe every tear from their eyes, and Death will be no more, neither will there be morning, or crying, or pain any more; the former things passed away.’ In the presence of God dwelling with us in Christ every tear is wiped away…mended beyond imagination….comforted beyond all conceiving….healed so deeply
In The Twinkling of An Eye – An Animation
An animation concerning the ‘dark night of the soul,’ and the transformation of sorrow to joy through the crucifixion and resurrection of our Lord – Thanks to Isabelle Thom for the incredible music in this piece, check out more of her work at: https://soundcloud.com/user-823112044
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2 Peter 1:19
2 Peter 1:19, ‘And we have the prophetic word more fully confirmed, to which you do well to pay attention, as to a lamp shining in dark place, until day should dawn and the morning star should rise in your hearts.’ Peter speaks of 3 lights: a lamp, the day, and the morning star. First,
Isaiah 9:6
Isaiah 9:6, ‘For to us a child is *born,* to us a son is *given*…’ In the literary structure of Isaiah 9, the eschatological light, joy, freedom, and peace promised in verses 1-5 are entirely grounded upon v.6 and the brith of this child, the giving of this son. Now, the Apostle John certainly read
Hebrews 3:7-8
Hebrews 3:7-8, ‘Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion…’ Why does the author of Hebrews cite Ps.95 (and so allude to Exodus 17) in this context? How does this situation apply to his readers? It would seem that the parallel to the ‘voice’ of Ps.95 / Ex.17
Job 9:23-24
Job 9:23-24, ‘When disaster brings sudden death, He mocks at the calamity of the innocent. The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; He covers the face of its judges—if it is not He, WHO then is it?’ In this post, I’m not commenting on Job’s evaluation of the situation, only on the
2 Corinthians 1:5
2 Corinthians 1:5, ‘For just as the sufferings of Christ abound for [or ‘unto’, ‘εἰς’] us, so through Christ also abounds our comfort.’ Because the one and indivisible Jesus Christ is irreducibly the Crucified and Risen One, in Him, suffering and comfort are “hypostatically” (i.e., rooted in personhood) united. Just as there is no Crucified
Psalm 139:18
Psalm 139:18, ‘I awake, and I am still with you.’ In context, this verse speaks of the Lord’s faithfulness to preserve His people through the night and waken them to His presence in the morning. However, bearing in mind the double meaning Scripture assigns to the concept of ‘sleep’—i.e., both the sleep of physical rest,