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 the law. 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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