Living Death

It is a fundamental trait of fallen mankind to die slowly. The spiritual meaning of this is more important than the literal. Did we not see how, with the miraculous presence of God Almighty in the very camp of Israel during the crossing of the sea, His Presence became something the people pretty much ignored during the wandering? Once we accommodate the miraculous, we forget it's a miracle. At the same time, we could so easily embrace the Cross of Christ. By this we nail our old self to the wood, making it die, instead of letting it kill the rest of us.