Embrace
"At the heart of the Cross is Christ's stance of not letting the other remain an enemy and of creating space in Himself for the offender to come in.. the Cross says that despite its manifest enmity toward God humanity belongs to God; God will not be without humanity. The Cross is the giving up of God's self in order not to give up on humanity; it is the consequence of God's desire to break the power of human enmity and to receive humanity into divine communion. Forgiveness is therefore not the culmination of Christ's relation to the offending other; it is a passage leading to embrace.
...The arms of the Crucified are open- a sign of space in God's self and an invitation for the enemy to come in."
Miroslav Volf, Exclusion and Embrace
posted by MM at 10:16 PM
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