Episode 43: The triumph of the cross
In Colossians 2, Paul uses different metaphors to speak of what God has done through the cross of Christ. The Colossians have been spiritually circumcised; they have had the charge against them taken away and nailed to the cross. In verse 15, he introduces yet another metaphor, reminiscent of conquering Roman generals—and to me, of C. S. Lewis’ Chronicles of Narnia.
