Throwing aside his cloak,
abandoning total
vulnerabilities last defense
he ran to the one
who knew
his real name,
the one
whose name he knew,
and they met
on the road
as others looked on,
and sight was restored
to the one
who could see...
What is behind this poem?
1. Bartimeaus literally means Son of Timeaus, he is not named for himself in the account, I like to think that Jesus called him by name.
2. Jesus is give two names. first Jesus the Nazarene, and second Son of David. The second name is called out by the one who was blind, hence the one who was blind saw more than those who could see.
3. The cloak, a defence against the elements, perhaps echoing the defense of the walls of Jericho (Joshua 6). If so what does that say to us?
