Introduction
The struggle is real, in the” Journey of the Magi,” by T. S. Elliot, written in 1927. Elliot expresses the long journey through the dessert. He conveys how the journey of mankind in the natural is similar to that of a man who decides to leave his sinful lusts, lays down his life and picks up his cross to follow Jesus Christ. Although, the death of the old man is a struggle, laborious, and painful, it opens to a birth of a new creation, it is that death to the flesh which brings new life, an abundant life, transformation is that of both suffering and restoration.
Body
The title of this poem revels that there will be a journey of the three wise men who are going to the birthplace of Jesus Christ. Throughout the poem, Elliot suggest …show more content…
Elliot’s use of symbolic representation here is strong, with the “smelling of vegetation” and “running stream” in correlation with life. “Six hands at an open door dicing for pieces of silver” representing Judah’s betrayal. The “three trees” meaning the three crosses and Christ’s crucifixion. The “white horse” signifying Jesus Christ. The vine-leaves over the lintel of the tavern, suggesting the blood of the lamb smeared on the doorposts of the homes in Israel, Jesus being the sacrificial lamb.
And thus, “Finding the Place,” Jesus Christ and the born again experience, it is here the men find satisfaction and obtain wisdom. As they return to their palaces, they confess that they are no longer happy with their old ways. “With alien people clutching their gods.” The narrator states, “I should be glad of another death.” In which I suppose he knows that this not his eternal home and he must die another death to live eternally with God the Father.
As with the poem “Journey of the Magi,” Mathew Chapter 2:1-12 also explains the journey of the three wise men to find the Christ the Savior’s birth place. The escape of the evil one. And the reconciliation unto God the
The struggle is real, in the” Journey of the Magi,” by T. S. Elliot, written in 1927. Elliot expresses the long journey through the dessert. He conveys how the journey of mankind in the natural is similar to that of a man who decides to leave his sinful lusts, lays down his life and picks up his cross to follow Jesus Christ. Although, the death of the old man is a struggle, laborious, and painful, it opens to a birth of a new creation, it is that death to the flesh which brings new life, an abundant life, transformation is that of both suffering and restoration.
Body
The title of this poem revels that there will be a journey of the three wise men who are going to the birthplace of Jesus Christ. Throughout the poem, Elliot suggest …show more content…
Elliot’s use of symbolic representation here is strong, with the “smelling of vegetation” and “running stream” in correlation with life. “Six hands at an open door dicing for pieces of silver” representing Judah’s betrayal. The “three trees” meaning the three crosses and Christ’s crucifixion. The “white horse” signifying Jesus Christ. The vine-leaves over the lintel of the tavern, suggesting the blood of the lamb smeared on the doorposts of the homes in Israel, Jesus being the sacrificial lamb.
And thus, “Finding the Place,” Jesus Christ and the born again experience, it is here the men find satisfaction and obtain wisdom. As they return to their palaces, they confess that they are no longer happy with their old ways. “With alien people clutching their gods.” The narrator states, “I should be glad of another death.” In which I suppose he knows that this not his eternal home and he must die another death to live eternally with God the Father.
As with the poem “Journey of the Magi,” Mathew Chapter 2:1-12 also explains the journey of the three wise men to find the Christ the Savior’s birth place. The escape of the evil one. And the reconciliation unto God the