“To snatch saved souls away to a disembodied heaven would destroy the whole point. God is to become king of the whole world at last. And he will not do this by declaring that the inner dynamic of creation (that it be ruled by humans) was a mistake, nor by declaring that the inner dynamic of his covenant (that Israel would be the means of saving the nations) was a failure, but rather by fulfilling them both.”
~ N.T. Wright, Surprised by Hope (p. 202)
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1 lonelypilgrim // Mar 13, 2008 at 10:28 pm
In other words, the Incarnation was not Plan B in the mind of God if plan A didn’t work out.
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