Lenten Comics day 39

STATION THIRTEEN

Jesus Dies on the Cross

The death of Jesus on the cross means so many different things to so many different people. It often means several overlapping realities for just one person. I wanted to convey that here.

Jesus is all too human, overwhelmed by the political + religious powers. Cast out by the mob. Physically destroyed. Spiritually Jesus transcends those afflictions. They do nothing regarding the truth of his identity. The worldly systems of death (the ways we kill each other and practice injustice), the natural affliction of death, and the spiritual presence of darkness prevailed on the cross.

Jesus on the cross was an act of submission to the brokenness of the world. Jesus on the cross was an act of submission to God. It was also an act of invasion by the kingdom of God into our brokenness.

A man swallowed by chaos + injustice. A common event.

The Son of Man sacrificed as an offering of God’s love + restoration. A mythological event.

Jesus surrenders.