(this is my response to Emma's writing prompt for today)
He came
shaped like a man
shaped like an outsider
like all us outsiders
outside the Garden
outside the curtain
outside the vineyard
outside the camp
outside the gate
He walked outside
with all us outsiders
hugging and blessing
and healing
and calling
He came
shaped like a man
shaped like an outsider
to bring all us outsiders
in
He drove out the man, and at the east of the garden of Eden he placed the cherubim and a flaming sword that turned every way to guard the way to the tree of life. Genesis 3:24 (ESV)
… outside the curtain that shields the ark of the covenant law, Aaron and his sons are to keep the lamps burning … Exodus 27:21 (I am the light of the world – John 9:5)
Moses placed the table in the Tent of Meeting on the north side of the tabernacle, outside the veil. He arranged the bread on it … Exodus 40:22-23 (I am the bread of life – John 6:48)
"But when the tenants saw the son, they said to each other, 'This is the heir. Come, let's kill him and take his inheritance.' So they took him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. Matthew 21:38-39
Although the high priest brings the blood of animals into the Holy Place as a sacrifice for sin, the bodies are burned outside the camp. And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate, to sanctify the people by His own blood. Therefore let us go to Him outside the camp, bearing the disgrace He bore. Hebrews 13:11-13
They replied, "You were born in utter sin, and you are instructing us?" And they threw him out. When Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, He found the man … John 9:34-35 (Berean Study Bible)
Photo, Outside Looking In #1, by Stephen Kelly https://flic.kr/p/jjbawr
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