Sandro Botticelli, ca. 1485
(Clearly inspired by Dante)
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Compare Matthew 12:43-45
This is a very striking passage.
On one level, we see it fulfilled all the time. People who return to the sins that they had once forsaken often sink lower than they had been before. They surrender. They give themselves over to the “dark side.”
Relapsing addicts not infrequently die. Relapsing dieters binge.
Some apostates — I don’t say all — become more hostile and more vicious than those who’ve never accepted the Gospel and never taken covenants upon themselves.
I see it illustrated daily.
It’s very human. It’s very sad.
Posted from Newport Beach, California
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