“that through death he might destroy him who has the power of death, that is, the devil.” Hebrews 2:14☦️
I painted this after Pascha last year. I always am amazed when I reflect on the fact that God Himself reaches down into our death and the utter disaster that we have made of creation and grabs us with His own hand to pull us up and out of the grave.
Pay attention to the way Christ grasps the hand of Adam in the icon of the Resurrection/Anastasia, as I believe this has profound significance. It’s the way you would help a child, and it has always profoundly impacted me.
In order for God to pull us out of our abyss, we have to make the decision to raise our hand towards Him through repentance, and this is often times much easier said than done unfortunately.