Gene Wolfe Quote
It has been remarked thousands of times that Christ died under torture. Many of us have read so often that he was a humble carpenter that we feel a little surge of nausea on seeing the words yet again. But no one ever seems to notice that the instruments of torture were wood, nails, and a hammer; that the man who built the cross was undoubtedly a carpenter too; that the man who hammered in the nails was as much a carpenter as a soldier, as much a carpenter as a torturer. Very few seem even to have noticed that although Christ was a humble carpenter, the only object we are specifically told he made was not a table or a chair, but a whip.
Gene Wolfe
It has been remarked thousands of times that Christ died under torture. Many of us have read so often that he was a humble carpenter that we feel a little surge of nausea on seeing the words yet again. But no one ever seems to notice that the instruments of torture were wood, nails, and a hammer; that the man who built the cross was undoubtedly a carpenter too; that the man who hammered in the nails was as much a carpenter as a soldier, as much a carpenter as a torturer. Very few seem even to have noticed that although Christ was a humble carpenter, the only object we are specifically told he made was not a table or a chair, but a whip.
Related Quotes
Father God, we thank you for your grace and your mercy, for allowing us to be together under your covenant and God we thank you for the revelations and for the breakthroughs; for your direction and fo...
Germany Kent
Tags:
faith, god, love, thanksgiving, gratefulness, healing, spirituality, spiritual, prayer, blessing