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Judy, Let me sum up what I am saying, and then I
will close with a couple of words about finding reconciliation in the midst of
impasse.
When Jesus tore into this world through the
hymen (or veil or curtain) of the virgin Mary, he came covered from head to toe
in the blood of the world. Not only covered was he, but the same blood was
running through his veins. It had to be because it had to be the blood of not
only the last woman, the virgin Mary, it had to be because it had to be the
blood of the first woman, Eve. How do we know this? because it had to
be her Seed that would bleed.
When Jesus tore out of this world through the
veil (or curtain or hymen) of the temple, he left again covered in blood from
head to toe. But the blood of the Temple
that killed the tomb, is greater than the blood of the world that
spilled from the womb. The blood of Jesus is
the blood of Life, because it is the Father's blood too! It is the blood
that defeats the blood of the world -- purified now, perfected now, vivacious
now, victorious now, because it is resurrected now.
That is the blood that now covers us. That blood is now the blood running through our veins.
That blood is the blood of new birth, new
creation, newness of Life, born from above in the resurrection of his blood, the
blood of Jesus Christ.
Where is this in Scripture? It is everywhere.
>From beginning to end, it's everywhere.
Don't parse this. Don't deny it. Don't kill it.
Don't hang it on a tree. Believe this Truth and live!
How do Christians embody the reconciliation of Jesus Christ when caught
themselves in the fray of impasse? They do what God did in Christ in the
reconciliation of the world. They do not hunker down and try to disappear, nor
do they attack and smear. They do not insult. They do not continue in
darkness when the Light of the world shines upon them. They do
not refuse the Spirit of Truth. No. The reconciliation of
the world culminates in its forgiveness, "Father forgive them, for they know not
what they do." In other words, the judgment looks like mercy. The
world was wrong, the world was guilty, the world was deceived;
nevertheless, the world was forgiven. How does this reconciliation look in
the face of impasse? It looks like mercy. Judy, I forgive you. Perhaps we will meet again on a less volatile plain,
Bill Taylor |
