| Yeshua and Magdalena a Week Before Passover” Copyright 2005 Christina Miller. This fascinating piece, so full of eternal symbols, is a modern icon of Magdalene & Yeshua, painted by Christina Miller of IconFusion.com. See more of her gorgeous work at IconFusion.com. The artist Christina writes: This image of Yeshua (The Aramaic name of Jesus, and the one his Mother Mary called him by) and Magdalena reflect the idea that they shared not only time but a destiny interwoven with each other. The chalice with the symbols of the male and female represented by the sun and moon is placed between them as the waters of the Divine Life flow mystically into the cup. Mary Magdalen has tears streaming down her face, it is a week before Passover in the Holy City of Jerusalem and Yeshua has just told her that He must go. She knows He must, but as with any of us that loves another, she does not want Him to go. “Stay, don’t go!” She speaks the words in her heart, even knowing that it is pointless to utter them, as she knows He will go on to His last Passover supper. It was dangerous for Yeshua to go to Jerusalem, there was civil war in the air, the Romans were aware of the great probability that a Jewish revolt was brewing and on the lookout for any troublemakers. The Sadducees and Pharisees were desperately afraid the Romans would slaughter thousands of their people. Yeshua, although He himself proclaimed His Kingdom was not of this world, others would have Him lead a revolt against the occupying Romans to end their oppression of the Jews and their occupation of the land of Israel. It was a very perilous time to be bringing the Word of God to the world; portends surrounded them from all sides and Magdalen was plainly aware of the dangers of entering Jerusalem. We can not know, with any certainty, the relationship Mary Magdalen and Jesus had, but there is no doubt in my mind that she cried many tears.
“Sophia”, the gnostic feminine aspect of God. Wisdom visits whom whe wants. Intellect, knowledge and memorized ideas are not Wisdom. Wisdom is beyond one’s own accomplishments. It is a delicious force of mercy and grace that is granted to some and is beyond the grasp of all others. Wisdom is often accompanied by Silence. |
by Vivarini
