As I was watching the scene in Jesus of Nazareth where the vicious, sneering joo mohel tears into the blessed foreskin of the Infant Savior, I began to ponder the mystery of His severed penile sheath.
Being the very foreskin of God Incarnate, I wonder at the fate of the divine schmuck.
Did it suffer decay? Was it consumed by dogs or swine, and if so, did it survive the digestive process? Did it dry up and blow away? Was it trodden upon and ground to dust underfoot?
Even if it were subjected to such indignities, the question that really keeps me tossing and turning in the wee hours is this:
Was Christ reunited with His foreskin during the resurrection? Was the foreskin also rejuvenated in that most glorious moment, and fused again to the purple helmet of it's master? I am haunted by these, and so many more questions. I pray for a revelation to this mystery.
Being the very foreskin of God Incarnate, I wonder at the fate of the divine schmuck.
Did it suffer decay? Was it consumed by dogs or swine, and if so, did it survive the digestive process? Did it dry up and blow away? Was it trodden upon and ground to dust underfoot?
Even if it were subjected to such indignities, the question that really keeps me tossing and turning in the wee hours is this:
Was Christ reunited with His foreskin during the resurrection? Was the foreskin also rejuvenated in that most glorious moment, and fused again to the purple helmet of it's master? I am haunted by these, and so many more questions. I pray for a revelation to this mystery.
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