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Awaiting Resurrection (p.149-150)
…”Yours eyes will well with tears of joy and gratitude and relief, and he will tenderly reach a hand to your face and wipe your cheek. You will open your mouth and choke out a “thank you”, and he will say “Come, sit down. This seat is yours. Let’s eat.””

“That which He has not assumed, He has not healed”

“Coming to grips with the beauty of his defeat over the grave is essential for us to truly grasp the beauty of the rest of his personal and work. The doctrines of our salvation need the resurrection to really sing.”

“The whole earth did not wait outside that little stall with bated breath in anticipation for the birth of heaven's Prince. The scandal of the incarnation is that it did not enjoy the company of fanfare. The Word who became flesh wasn't, initially, a shout. He was a whisper.”

Good to ponder. And theologically precise. Sam is on a roll