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The Resurrection Window

This window was dedicated to the Glory of God and in memory of the Reverend Robert E. F. Aler (1892-1953), Pastor of Churchland Baptist 1932-1953.

The theme of this seventh window is “The Lord is Risen," taken loosely from Luke 24:6: "He is not here, but is risen...

Main Scene:
No longer the gray and tortured figure of the Crucifixion Window, Christ "knocks us over" with his strength and power and glory. He appears here with all the accoutrements of his triumph: foot forcefully planted high, he stands with a bare chest symbolic of virility, a banner of the cross symbolic of victory, and an aureole of light reserved only for Mary and members of the Trinity. An angel kneels at his feet, and a white lily, here a symbol of resurrection, grows nearby. The combination is a truly overwhelming depiction of Christ's vouchsafing for all time the window's theme scripture.

Vignette:
Depicts Jonah and the fish in whose belly he spent three days. The story prefigures that of Christ's three days in the tomb.

Upper Roundel:
Features a pomegranate, a symbol from the pagan myth of Proserpina, who returned to earth from Hades each spring as a symbol of resurrection and immortality.

Lower Roundel:
Depicts an ancient Eastern symbol, the phoenix, who, because he continually remade himself from his own ashes, became a symbol of the resurrection.

Diamonds:
Moving clockwise, from bottom left to bottom right, we see:

1. a Latin cross on an open tomb, a symbol of Christ's resurrection
   
2. a bee and a honeycomb, symbols of Christ's ministry and the work of God
   
3. Easter lilies, also symbols of the resurrection
   
4. a butterfly, whose development from caterpillar to chrysalis and, finally, to butterfly represents new life
   
5. three crosses, which symbolize sacrifice
   
6. a draped Latin cross, which symbolizes not just resurrection, but also Christ's disappearance from the cross
   
7. a dawning sun, which also symbolizes resurrection
   
8. a peacock, which represents immortality...according to ancient myth, the peacock's flesh never decays.

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​The Great COmmission Window