Adam Was A Naked King
“‘Tragedy’ is used here (at least initially) very loosely, as a story in which the characters begin neutrally or well, but slide inexorably to a bad end; ‘comedy’ is a story in which the characters may face dangers, perhaps dangers of great intensity, but ultimately rise to a happy ending. ‘Deep comedy’ brings two additional nuances: First, in deep comedy the happy ending is uncontaminated by any fear of future tragedy, and, second, in deep comedy the characters do not simply end as well as they began, but progress beyond their beginning. Comedy may move from glory to glory restored, but deep comedy moves from glory to added glory. While the classical world did produce comedy, it did not produce ‘deep comedy’” (Deep Comedy by Peter J. Leithart, 2006, pXII emphasis mine).
There is a story that fixes the problems and resolves all the conflict by bringing us back to the beginning. God’s Story for His Church, however, progresses us beyond the beginning. It moves us from glory to added glory.
Adam was a king without a robe. He was naked. The Second Adam was clothed in glory (Revelation 1:12-20).
Before Adam fell, he had a type of glory; but his glory cannot compare to Christ’s glory after He did what Adam failed to do.
What do you think?
Joseph
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