"....God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the Word of reconciliation." (2 Corinthians 5:19a)
"....GOD WAS IN CHRIST," or, "God was in Christ...," or, "....God was in Christ...."
The Cross was not a scene of some Olympian god who was looking down on some poor person named Jesus and laying all our sins on a separate-from-Himself victim. NO! "....GOD WAS IN CHRIST...."
This is a mystery of the Incarnation. This is the Eternal One, the Living Triune God, Ruler, Sustainer of the Universe Himself, on the Cross---- Himself: "....God was IN Christ..," on the Cross, "....in Christ...."
Father, in Jesus' Name, I say with the song writer, "I scarce can take it in." Amen.
When Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the call to evangelize China, on that day he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"
Hebrews 12:2
