'It’s the last thing I expected to happen. 'I had to see it with my own eyes.''I can’t believe Jesus was struck,' said his brother, who noted the giant Hustler Hollywood sign for the adult store across the street was untouched. … It’s something that’s not supposed to happen, Jesus burning,' he said. 'Of all the things that could have been struck, I just think that that would be protected. 'Touchdown Jesus', a song from Tim McGraw's Emotional Traffic album. King of Kings (statue) or Touchdown Jesus, a statue that was on the east side of Interstate 75 near Monroe, Ohio. It was slated to undergo renovations this summer.Gathered along Union Road were Franklin twins and storm chasers Levi and Seth Walsh, who said they were out in the thunderstorm when they heard about the fire through a Facebook update.'It sent goosebumps through my whole body because I am a believer,' said Levi Walsh, 29. Touchdown Jesus may refer to: The Word of Life or Touchdown Jesus, a mural visible from Notre Dame Stadium. "The statue was constructed of wood and styrofoam over a steel framework that was anchored in concrete and covered with a fiberglass mat and resin exterior, according to the church.
In keeping with that spirit, Tom avoided creating a likeness of Jesus- the physical features that is generally associated with Jesus, such as the long hair, beard and robe, are merely symbolic on this sculpture.įinally, Tom named the sculpture " Lux Mundi", Latin for" Light of the World".An "iconic" massive statue of Jesus in Monroe, Ohio was struck down by God's wrath lightning last night, the Dayton Daily News reports: To reinforce the themes, the sculpture's shapes are modeled with a warm feeling and Jesus’s commandment from John 15:12: ‘Love one another as I have loved you’ will be featured on the sculpture’s robe.įurthermore, the Gospels are concerned with Jesus’s message and not his physical appearance (in fact, not a word is mentioned about his looks). Using two themes drawn from the texts: "agape" (“affectionate love”) and "exousia" (“authority”), Tom posed Jesus stepping forward with his arms in an embracing gesture.
TOUCHDOWN JESUS OHIO FULL
His design depicts Jesus’s full body with arms lowered in a welcoming gesture.įor initial inspiration for Lux Mundi’s design, Tom translated parts of the surviving Greek texts of The Gospels of St. Tom envisioned the new 51 foot (15.8 m) tall sculpture to differ from the original one designed by Brad Coriell, who depicted Jesus’s bust with his arms raised towards the heavens. In 2010, Solid Rock Church commissioned Tom Tsuchiya to design a sculpture of Jesus to replace the original sculpture destroyed by a fire caused by a lightning strike. So the Solid Rock Church in Lebanon, Ohio rebuilt but this this time wanted a Jesus who looked like he was beckoning to the people to join him.but it just ended up looking like he was trying to get everyone to buy a five dollar footlong sub from Subway. And he inevitably got struck by lightening and burned down to nothing but the charred metal rods that held him together. It was destroyed by a lightning strike and subsequent fire on June 14, 2010. Though, touchdown Jesus was pretty much an accidental lightening rod. King of Kings (also referred to as Touchdown Jesus) was a 62-foot (19 m) tall statue of Jesus on the east side of Interstate 75 at the Solid Rock Church, a 4000+ member Christian megachurch near Monroe, Ohio, in the United States.
It looked like he could be saying "TOUCHDOWN" any minute!
He was called touchdown Jesus because of the position of his arms. MONROE, OHIO - Monroe fire officials set damage at 700,000 after lightning struck and burned down a 62-foot-high Jesus Christ statue and. Once a statue of Jesus from the waist up.
This statue is quite famous in Cincinnati, Ohio.
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