this is about the trauma of the virgin mary witnessing the crucifixion. it's blasphemous because it suggests that she distracts a dying jesus from his mission to atone for all man's sins....or that she would want to take his place. Moreover- and this is a topic in a lot of DSO songs- it states that the immortal nature of god is corrupted by jesus' descent and death on earth, and hence it fails as a sacrifice for at salvation : "his birth does death subdue no more" and "he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption." the obssessive focus on the mortality and abject body of the virgin mary is not much less insulting...
this is about the trauma of the virgin mary witnessing the crucifixion. it's blasphemous because it suggests that she distracts a dying jesus from his mission to atone for all man's sins....or that she would want to take his place. Moreover- and this is a topic in a lot of DSO songs- it states that the immortal nature of god is corrupted by jesus' descent and death on earth, and hence it fails as a sacrifice for at salvation : "his birth does death subdue no more" and "he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption." the obssessive focus on the mortality and abject body of the virgin mary is not much less insulting...