Lego Jesus
April 13th, 2009 by Menachem Wecker
It’s not a painting, but this must be the painting of the week: a Jesus made of Lego pieces.
Here are the details:
Where: Sweden
How tall: 5.9 feet
What: copy of Thorvaldsen’s ‘Resurrected Christ’
How long: 1.5 years in the making
How many pieces: 30,000
Read the entire article in The Christian Post.
According to the article, Jesus looks white on the outside, but colored Lego pieces were used underneath. Reminds me of Matt. 23: 25-28:
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess. Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness. Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
and Luke 11: 39, “And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness.”
Also, Lego’s motto is “Only the best is good enough,” which sounds very biblical. Or am I reading too much into it?