If this were all, then revelaiton of truth, the example of Christ, the demonstration of divine love, would remove misunderstanding, effecting reconciliation. But Romans 11:28, which contrasts enemies with the oved, repeated references to divine judicial wrath found iin Romans 1:18; 5:9; 12:19, and th whole case for divine condemnation in Romans 1-3 suggest that humans are the objects of divine hostility that ones sense of estrangement (a certain fearful looking -for of judgment) witnesses to a barrier on Gods side, precluding fellowship-not, certainly, any reluctance in Gods mind, which Jesus must change but a moral, even a judiial, barrier that rquires the death of Jesus, not merely his mesage or example, to remove.
Posted on: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 19:10:08 +0000