Today's Sunday Education lesion was part one of the Law (WCF Chapter 19). The Second Commandment forbids the use of images in the worship of God, and I was reminded (by another class participant) of this article where the author argues against images of Christ. I thought it might be useful to those outside Desert Springs' Sunday Education so I've posted it here. I no longer remember what site first directed me to it but it was probably a link from monergism.com.
The article is long but well worth the read. Summary for those daunted by the length: Among the reasons for not making images of Christ is that we do not know what Christ looked like. He had particular features which were not revealed to us in the Written Word. The argument for making pictures of Jesus lies not on the historical Incarnation but only a general concept of the Incarnation. In this vein, sight belongs not to this age but of that to come. It is a proper desire to see God (through the Incarnate Son), but this shall only be satisfied in the eschatological future. In the time between his advents we are to be Word-centred, and listen to God by the Word. Yet God knows our frailty and has given us an image of himself in the sacraments.
