Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Savior of the Nations, Come.

The main message of hymn Savior of the Nations Come is that Jesus came to this world to die and be raised for the dead for us. Luther is trying to show us that God chose everything he did for a reason and that it all goes back to Jesus dying for us. He is trying to get across that the biggest sacrifice anyone could do was Jesus giving up his life for the world and we should praise and honor him. He wants us not to just pray and give thanks every once in awhile but actually see what Jesus did to us and understand why and how he came to this world. The language tool that he uses is diction, without diction the hymn would still have the same meaning, but it would not be as powerful. Words such as disowned and enthroned are more powerful than words like reject or install. Yes they still get the point across Jesus was rejected by the world and still to be installed in heaven with God but it does not have as much as an impact and is sort of just looked over and not thought about without those words.

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