The surrealist Jesus in the cross lean down and up at the same time is the closest to a full picture of mediation. He is joining the lost to salvation by being involved and present and also making the Father present in the lost position and the lost present in the Fathers present. As mediator he has three roles, advocate (pleading for us and being our presence with the father and also pleading for us) and saviour (he has come out of the same pit and is the 'way to the father'). Thirdly, he becomes the 'rescuer' when we place our position in his hands. We are to hold onto him and place all we are in his hands. He is the mediator, present yesterday, always inclining towards us today, and, our ever pleading with the Father. (Matthew 28:20b & 1 Timothy 2:5)