Lil Kel

~precious illusions~
2002-12-25 01:06:10 (UTC)

The Legend of the Candy Cane

There was a man who loved Jesus so much that he decided to do something special for Jesus' birthday.
Since he was a candy maker, he wanted to use his talents to make special candy to honour Jesus, so he designed the first candy cane.

He wanted to incorporate several symbols for the birth, ministry and death of Jesus. He began with a stick of pure white hard candy; white to symbolize the Virgin Birth and the sinless nature of Jesus; hard to symbolize the solid rock, the foundation of the Church; firmness to represent the promise of God.

If the candy is held upright, it is the shape of the shepherd's staff, which the shepherd uses as he watches over his sheep, and it is the symbol of Christian service and care. If the candy cand is turned upside down, it becomes the letter 'J' to represent the name of Jesus, who came to earch as out saviour.

Thinking that the candy was somewhat plain, the candymaker
stained it with red stripes. The Bible tells us that by Jesus' stripes we are healed. Jesus was beaten, and stripes put upon His back when he was crucified in payment for our sins. The candy cand was made with red and white stripes to represent the blood of Jesus that washes away out sins and makes us clean and white as snow.

One bold stripe represents out belief in one God, the three fine stripes represent the Hold Trinity - One God who had revealed Himself in three ways or three persons: The Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

The flavor of the cane is peppermint, which is similar to hyssop. Hyssop is in the mint family and was used in the Old Testament for purification and sacrifice. Jesus is the pure Lamb of God, come to be a sacrifice for the sins of the world.

The candy cane is breakable that it may be shared.




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