Heaven and earth, and their coming together, are what Holy Week is all about. One of the hardest theological lessons for us is that when ancient Jews said 'heaven', they didn't mean a place far off up in the sky. They meant God's sphere of reality, the place where God lives, and where His future purposes are kept in store. 'Heaven' isn't a purely future entity. It is God's sphere, as 'earth' is ours. And the point is that God's sphere and ours intersect. They overlap, they interlock, sometimes they even merge...the vital connection between Palm Sunday, Good Friday, and indeed Easter Day itself, is that Jesus is now the place where heaven and earth meet.
-N.T. Wright
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Wonderful reflection!
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