Comments on: Forming Words

By: Mike Bull

Mike Bull — Sat, 08 Mar 2014 01:03:21 +0000

Good on you guys.
Chris’ comment about the nard and seed got me thinking. The “Forming” stage is also two-part. It involves the de-forming and de-filling of the Head, the bread and wine.

By: David

David — Sat, 08 Mar 2014 00:55:15 +0000

Thanks Mike, this is a classic post. I appreciate your comments as well Chris.

By: Chris Oswald

Chris Oswald — Fri, 07 Mar 2014 15:41:10 +0000

Hah! I don’t know if the modern day spikenard really is the same stuff. But I’ve smelled that stuff and it is really strong.

I wanted to riff on potency a bit… but couldn’t think of how to say it. Basically, the more potent the thing bound, the more powerful the liberation.

By: Mike Bull

Mike Bull — Thu, 06 Mar 2014 22:41:40 +0000

Nice one. Smells good, too. Like Lazarus did.

By: Chris Oswald

Chris Oswald — Thu, 06 Mar 2014 14:43:50 +0000

Excellent Mike!

John 11-12 has a bunch of these. A couple times with Lazarus. Then in John 12, the nard is bound in the flower then loosed through crushing, then bound in the alabaster box, then loosed through breaking on Jesus’ feet, which are themselves bound only to be loosed and set on his bound enemies as a footstool… for the redemptive loosing of creation’s futile bondage.

The life bound in the seed is loosed through its death… and fills the nations with the glory of God.