Swathed in Glory

Original available for purchase ~ $4800   Additional sizes available ~ Contact Lynde for pricing.   Artist Statement The Savior’s birth was the most glorious act of condescension imaginable. The sovereign ruler of the universe came all the way down to the soil he created to be a full partaker in the experience of humanity, that we may be partakers in His divinity. In Luke we read that the angels instructed the shepherds that “this shall be a sign unto you; ye shall find the babe wrapped in swatting clothes, lying in a manger.” I had always assumed swaddling clothes to be undistinguished. Perhaps Mary had nothing else so she wrapped her newborn in swaddling. The reality is quite different, and the implications are beguiling and exquisite. By the end of this description you will understand why I believe we are all symbolically and beautifully swathed together in the great common humanity of the house of Israel. Swaddling clothes were long bands of usually linen or wool that was intrica