"[God] raised us up . . . to sit with him in the heavenly
places, in Christ Jesus." Ephesians 2:6
Redemption is comparable to the valley between two peaks.
As one descends from one peak and proceeds to ascend the other, he encounters
redemption at the lowest part of the valley. Man has fallen, man has departed
from God, and the distance between him and God’s eternal purpose, represented
by the straight line between the peaks, has become greater and greater. To
redeem simply means to prevent man from falling any further and to uplift him.
Because Jesus came into the world and died and rose again,
man need plunge no lower. Praise God—redemption has brought us back to God’s
eternal purpose. What God has not obtained in creation and what man has lost in
the fall are completely regained in redemption. The redemption that is in
Christ Jesus has restored us to our place in the economy of God.
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