God Gone Silent

Then again: Into a world under the dominion of silence and death comes the loud and living God, but what he does when he comes leaves the world in silent awe. The one who says “I am the resurrection and the life” dies and is laid in a grave. The Savior who loosens the tongues of the speechless is dumb like a sheep before shearers. The God who is eternal Voice because he is eternal Life lies for three days quiet in the tomb. The eternal Word falls silent. God the Son makes the words of Psalm 88 his own: “I am counted with those who go down to the pit; I am like a man who has no strength, adrift among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom you remember no more, and who are cut off from your hand.” Read Full Article »