THE WAY OF THE CROSS
A Discussion of the six steps
STEP 1
PILGRIMAGE SITE: Egypt (symbol of slavery)
STATION: Deliverance
A PERIOD OF: Isolation
DESCRIPTION: See sculpture in the next page
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Section 4 Understanding Salvation - 15 The Road Less Travelled
DESCRIPTION:
This is a depiction of the story of Noah’s Ark. Here Noah is standing on the Ark about to set the dove free. In front is the Holy Spirit with the rainbow. At the center of the rainbow is a golden heart with an olive branch.
I now bless you all with a new Life!
Meaning: In Jesus words: “You leave your world behind to come follow Me.” God frees you from the tyranny of the world we created. Like the story of Noah’s Ark, God destroys the world you have called life. It is God who decides who and what stays and who and what goes.
It doesn’t mean that because you are going through major changes in your life that you are “on the path”. The mark is the period of spiritual isolation –like Noah being cooped up in the arc for 40 days through a raging storm that destroyed everything that was once his world. You are increasingly drawn to a state of solitude and silent prayer – like going into a spiritual cocoon. God creates the space and time, physically and spiritually, for you to be in this period of isolation.
What do you do during this time? There’s nothing you can do except to pray and let the storm blow over.
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