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The original KING OF GLORY was Bomer’s last of a series of crucifixions that she created over several consecutive years 1985-89 on Good Friday. (A live model was posed in the nave of the First Presbyterian Church, Asheville, while the music of St Matthew’s Passion was played and artists worked.)
Bomer began with blue and red acrylics to represent the blood and the water that flowed out of Jesus’ sword-pierced side. Blood and water are symbols of the sacraments, Holy Communion and baptism. Bomer later added the black veil that Jesus’ death split in two and the gold-leafed title given to Jesus, The King (of the Jews). The blue, red and gold represent the three that bear witness: the water, the blood and the Spirit.
“Who is the one who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? This is the One who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ; not with the water only, but with the water and with the blood. It is Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth. For there are three that testify: the Spirit and the water and the blood.” (1 John 5:5-8)
The King of Glory