The rulers and authorities intended to make a public example of
Jesus by nailing him to a cross. But what rulers intended for evil God intended
for good and in the ultimate irony the shame of the cross is its glory. Those
who killed Jesus according to the demands of the law could not foresee that
condemning Christ would in the end fulfill it. We who are not overly concerned
with circumcision or keeping kosher or observing festivals must none-the-less
admit our tendency to prefer the rules and regulations of religion, if only for
the regiment they bring to what otherwise seems too good to be true or too
simple to be of much use. Each tradition claims Christ and disagreements about
perceived fundamentals of faith lead one to dismiss the other as misguided or
misinformed or sadly mistaken. But if God set aside the requirements of kosher
and circumcision and Sabbath without a substitution save one, then maybe that’s
the only thing we have to hold onto to remain rooted and built up and
established in the God who is Love.
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