That huge statue of Christ overlooking Rio De Janeiro (where our fellow Cranacher Frank Sonnek lives) was struck by lightning, the moment captured in a remarkable photograph. Getting struck by a bolt of lightning is the primeval conception of God’s judgment. In this image, Christ takes that judgment into Himself. This, my friends, is a photograph of the Gospel. 
Christ of the Lightning
February 13th, 2008 | Christ | 
Email This Post
| 
Print This Post
“Lo, the Good Shepherd for the sheep is offered;
the slave has sinnèd, and the Son has suffered:
for my atonement, while I nothing heeded,
God interceded.”
(Johann Hermann, 1630; tr. Robert S. Bridges, 1899)
Just wondering….how in the world do you photograph lightning? Just a one in a billion chance I guess. I mean, it even looks sunny outside.
You have to use what essentially abouts to a super high quality video camera. It shoots dozens of frames per second and then the photographer goes through afterwards and picks out the best ones. Other than that, it just has to be pointing in the right spot.
ps: that should say “amounts” as opposed to “abouts”
I get to see Jesus every morning from my bed by e ver so slightly turning my head.
Often He has His head in the clouds or He is hidden from me.
It is comforting though to be able to trust that He will never leave me or forsake me.
This is the single hope that I live in.
[...] Edward Veith has a picture on his Cranach blog that pictures God’s wrath being poured out on Christ on our [...]
Leave your response!
Search
About the Blogger
Gene Edward Veith is the Provost and Professor of Literature at Patrick Henry College, the Director of the Cranach Institute at Concordia Theological Seminary, a columnist for World Magazine and TableTalk, and the author of 18 books on different facets of Christianity & Culture.
Lucas Cranach, self portrait c.1530.
About Lucas Cranach
Lucas Cranach was the great artist of the Reformation. He was a close friend of Martin Luther. He was a businessman, who first printed Luther's translation of the Bible; a politician, who served on the Wittenberg town council and served the city as its mayor; a chemist, who operated a pharmacy; a teacher, who trained a host of apprentice artists; a family-man, who helped arrange Luther's marriage with the two men serving as the godfathers of each other's children; and an active layman in his church, who gave his pastors important personal and material support. As a Christian who lived out his faith in his many different callings, Cranach thus embodies the Reformation doctrine of vocation, using the gifts God had given him in service to Christ and his neighbor in the church, the family, the workplace, and the culture. In the spirit of Lucas Cranach, this blog will discuss wide-ranging issues of Christianity and culture with a Lutheran twist.
Books on Vocation
Archives
Pages
Blogroll
Site Statistics
Recent Posts
Most Commented
Most Viewed
© Cranach: The Blog of Veith — Copyblogger theme design by Chris Pearson