A Christian Perspective
The Brazen altar of the Tabernacle had four horns on it, one on each corner.
The horns stand for God’s strength, his power to save. It was upon the horns that the sacrifice was tied. The horns on each corner of the altar, represent the corners of the cross, each direction representing the whole world. His salvation is for all, for the whole world. - From Under the Shadow of the Almighty. wordpress blog.
The Horned God is the Holly King. The God of the Wilderness, the place of darkness and of winter . We meet Him when we begin to pass into this domain, at the waning of the year at the summer solstice.
Within this darkness we also come face to face with our own weaknesses, the flaws of our human nature and the voice of the ego that drives us.
The desert is the wilderness within us where we all turn at some point to really learn who we really are.
It is here where all pretense is torn away and we stand "naked before God". Our own flaws are to be our freely offered sacrifice to God.
It is in the darkest time of the year at the Winter solstice, that God has sent His Son to be our salvation. Without the darkness, we cannot be brought into the presence of God, and it is He who sends his light to save us. The Sun. God of life and growth. The Oak King of the waxing year
As Jesus says "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
Within this darkness we also come face to face with our own weaknesses, the flaws of our human nature and the voice of the ego that drives us.
The desert is the wilderness within us where we all turn at some point to really learn who we really are.
It is here where all pretense is torn away and we stand "naked before God". Our own flaws are to be our freely offered sacrifice to God.
It is in the darkest time of the year at the Winter solstice, that God has sent His Son to be our salvation. Without the darkness, we cannot be brought into the presence of God, and it is He who sends his light to save us. The Sun. God of life and growth. The Oak King of the waxing year
As Jesus says "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
Just some more of my musings.
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