tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200177861013445343.post1305022656857081881..comments2023-09-14T01:03:30.922+01:00Comments on The Thirsty Gargoyle: Stationary at the Cross: A Good Friday MeditationThe Thirsty Gargoylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07555762505933950270noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200177861013445343.post-89245716239961721062012-04-21T23:00:24.908+01:002012-04-21T23:00:24.908+01:00A rather belated response to this post, and to StA...A rather belated response to this post, and to StAubreyBone's comment.<br /><br />The Cross as a triumph is definitely there in Scripture. For example, Colossians 2: <br /><br /><i>And when you were dead in trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you alive together with him, when he forgave us all our trespasses, erasing the record that stood against us with its legal John Hhttp://curlewriver.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200177861013445343.post-67710805829406604442012-04-09T14:18:24.002+01:002012-04-09T14:18:24.002+01:00Actually when you say this:
It’s a representation...Actually when you say this:<br /><br /><i>It’s a representation of agony, but it’s not a representation of defeat; on the contrary, it is a magnificent, gritty, idealised rendering of triumph, and not just any triumph, but the greatest triumph there has ever been, that moment when history and eternity were as one, and God reclaimed what was his, defeating sin, death, and the Devil.</i><br /><br /StAubreyBonenoreply@blogger.com