It should be never forgotten that Christ came to us in order to die – this was known by Him, at least, from the very beginning. Therefore, in Iconography, the manger in the Nativity Icon deliberately resembles a stone coffin, the swaddling clothes resemble a burial shroud, and the cave itself can even be said to prefigure Christ’s tomb.
The image below shows a side-by-side comparison of the Icon of the Nativity with the Icon showing the Myrrh-bearing women discovering Jesus’ empty tomb. (iconreader)
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