Jesus gave his life on the cross for each of our sins. He faced to ultimate physical pain and humiliation, but rose to victory 3 days later. In the painting, Jesus is nailed to the cross, but also crushing the head of a snake. Of course this didn’t physically happen. The snake represents Satan (and ultimately sin). The painting shows the Lord Jesus Christ defeating them both by sacrificing Himself.
The hands of the potter would be rough and show the hard labor involved in his lifestyle. Not only does the Hebrew translate to “Work of Your Hand” but also “work praises yours” – the first translation being the intended one, but the second, unintended…
Jesus Christ is referred to as the Lion of Judah in multiple places in the Bible, so many artists have depicted Jesus along with a lion or some kind of lion imagery. The vast majority of these artworks depict the lion at eye level, but…
“The key is, once we come into Christ, even though we’re born again on the inside, the window still hasn’t changed. And the window, we still have to clean it. And the best thing to clean the window with is with God’s Word. And so…
