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Some time ago I listened to a talk by Brant Pitre about his (magnificent) book “Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist”. In his talk, he made an astonishing commentary that did not appear in the actual book: After arguing that the “showbread” (Actual translation: “Bread of the Presence” or “Bread of the Face”) in the ancient Israelites’ Tabernacle can be considered a type of Jesus Christ, he mentioned that the Menorah is a type of the Holy Spirit, while the Ark represents the Father’s presence. Hence, the design of the Tabernacle foreshadows the doctrine of the Trinity.
With the help of a digitality versed friend, I made a sketch that demonstrates this idea:
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If this idea is true, there open up some deeper interpretations about some aspects of the Passion Narrative. You see in the image that in the Tabernacle the Arc (representing the Father) was seperated to the Menorah (Holy Ghost) and the Showbread (Son) by the veil.
So what did it really mean when the “veil tore apart” at Jesus’ death? Did it (only) mean that God was now fully present in the world? Or is there something even deeper to be seen about this event: that the Trinity now is fully present in the material world - and in the human body - while in the Old Convenant the divine persons seemed to have acted separately?
To continue to meditation:
Something really dramatic happened when the veil to the holy of Holies opened up. God was now present to the world. So I asked myself: how would the geometrical structure of the Holy of Holies look like, if it “opened up”, in other words, “if it unfolded”.
The geometrical structure of the Holy of Holies was a cube:
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How would a cube look “unfolded”? If you built a paper-cube by hand, what would the basic 2-dimensional structure be if you draw it on a sheet of paper? The answer blew my mind.
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Yes: it’s the Christian cross. May this be the reason why the Christian cross looks kind of different than the actual cross that Romans used for crucifixion? It never really made sense to me why we are drawing it the way we do.
But it gets even more interesting. If you assume that this geometrical structure represents the Christian cross, you get an association between the Number 6 and the Cross (there are six squares). Usually, the number 6 in Biblical Exegesis is interpreted as “uncomplete”, as the world was still uncompleted before the 7th day of creation.
But if you intepret “6” as “Cross”, whole new dimensions of interpretations open up:
First of all: Jesus was crucified on the 6th day (Sabbath was the 7th).
Another example is the depiction of Golgotha during the crucifixion, with the three crosses present:
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If you associate “6” with “Cross”, the number “666” pops up. I really don’t know what to make of it, but it is kind of uncanny, isn’t it?
What do you think? Are those meditations too far off?
With the help of a digitality versed friend, I made a sketch that demonstrates this idea:
(Please Note: This uploaded content is no longer available.)
If this idea is true, there open up some deeper interpretations about some aspects of the Passion Narrative. You see in the image that in the Tabernacle the Arc (representing the Father) was seperated to the Menorah (Holy Ghost) and the Showbread (Son) by the veil.
So what did it really mean when the “veil tore apart” at Jesus’ death? Did it (only) mean that God was now fully present in the world? Or is there something even deeper to be seen about this event: that the Trinity now is fully present in the material world - and in the human body - while in the Old Convenant the divine persons seemed to have acted separately?
To continue to meditation:
Something really dramatic happened when the veil to the holy of Holies opened up. God was now present to the world. So I asked myself: how would the geometrical structure of the Holy of Holies look like, if it “opened up”, in other words, “if it unfolded”.
The geometrical structure of the Holy of Holies was a cube:
(Please Note: This uploaded content is no longer available.)
How would a cube look “unfolded”? If you built a paper-cube by hand, what would the basic 2-dimensional structure be if you draw it on a sheet of paper? The answer blew my mind.
(Please Note: This uploaded content is no longer available.)
Yes: it’s the Christian cross. May this be the reason why the Christian cross looks kind of different than the actual cross that Romans used for crucifixion? It never really made sense to me why we are drawing it the way we do.
But it gets even more interesting. If you assume that this geometrical structure represents the Christian cross, you get an association between the Number 6 and the Cross (there are six squares). Usually, the number 6 in Biblical Exegesis is interpreted as “uncomplete”, as the world was still uncompleted before the 7th day of creation.
But if you intepret “6” as “Cross”, whole new dimensions of interpretations open up:
First of all: Jesus was crucified on the 6th day (Sabbath was the 7th).
Another example is the depiction of Golgotha during the crucifixion, with the three crosses present:
(Please Note: This uploaded content is no longer available.)
If you associate “6” with “Cross”, the number “666” pops up. I really don’t know what to make of it, but it is kind of uncanny, isn’t it?
What do you think? Are those meditations too far off?
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