When a mysterious stranger walks in one Christmas at Camelot, he challenges any knight grant him a game and prove the valor of King Arthurs court. The Green knight sets a standard of bravery and honor just as Christ calls people to a higher state of existence. In both life and Gawain’s quest the "challengers or teachers" appear unrecognized to test the integrity of people who profess to live according to the higher standard. In the end of life Christ comes openly to judge every person, when Gawain faces his challenger, the green knight strikes three times to gauge his valor. Christ and the Green knight both test to see if the people called hold true. To people who fall short but repent, Christ is ever-forgiving, when Gawain is faced with his lack of loyalty and honesty, he instantly repents and incurs the Knight 's forgiveness. The Green knight symbolizes Christ through his relationship with Sir Gawain as
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Then the Green Knight goes to explain that the first two harmless strokes were for the two times Gawain resisted temptation, the cut from the last one was for broke when his word and hid the girdle. In the beginning the Green Knight gave a challenge of bravery and honor, on Gawain 's quest he has tested him, and now he judges. At the end of every life Christ also judges, “For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive good or evil, according to what he has done in the body” (2 Corinthians 5:10). The Green Knight deals Gawain his lot according to his action, just as Christ recompenses every person 's actions in life. “Blessed is the man who endures trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life which God has promised to those who love him” (James 1:12). Although Christ sets a standard of perfection, the judgment does not solely rest on reaching
Then the Green Knight goes to explain that the first two harmless strokes were for the two times Gawain resisted temptation, the cut from the last one was for broke when his word and hid the girdle. In the beginning the Green Knight gave a challenge of bravery and honor, on Gawain 's quest he has tested him, and now he judges. At the end of every life Christ also judges, “For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive good or evil, according to what he has done in the body” (2 Corinthians 5:10). The Green Knight deals Gawain his lot according to his action, just as Christ recompenses every person 's actions in life. “Blessed is the man who endures trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life which God has promised to those who love him” (James 1:12). Although Christ sets a standard of perfection, the judgment does not solely rest on reaching