Filming outside the RNLI lifeboat station in Penarth, with their flag flying behind me, a question came to mind.
What would Jesus make of Y Ddraig Goch, the Welsh Red Dragon?
What does He think about national identity, language, culture, and the fierce pride people feel about where they are from?
Jesus was Himself rooted in a particular place, people, and language. He was from Nazareth, a tiny town in an occupied land, and that location mattered to Him.
But He kept refusing to let that identity set the limits of His love. He crossed every boundary His culture had drawn.
So what would He say about your flag, your language, your national story?
'Be Welsh.
Joyfully, unashamedly Welsh.
But remember: your deepest identity is not written on any flag.
It is written in the wounds of a Lamb, who laid down His life for followers drawn from every tribe, language, people, and nation.'
Is that something 'Christian Nationalism' is up for?
Are you in?
Read Mark's Gospel free online: https://live.bible.is/bible/ENGNLH/MRK/1
Chapters:
0:00 The flag on the lifeboat station
0:15 What does Jesus make of national identity?
0:35 Jesus: rooted in a particular place and people
0:55 But He kept crossing every boundary
1:15 What He would say about Y Ddraig Goch
1:35 Your deepest identity is not written on any flag
Quiz:
Where was Jesus from?
(Nazareth)
Name one person or group Jesus engaged with across cultural boundaries.
(Samaritans / Syro-Phoenician woman)
According to this video, where is a Christian's deepest identity written?
(In the wounds of a Lamb)
What does the Welsh Red Dragon flag represent according to this reel?
(National identity, culture, language, belonging)
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