Anne Taylor Robertson 7: The Prodigal God

I have been reading a book by Timothy Keller, called the Prodigal God. It tells the story in a way, which reveals so much more than the surface level story of two quarreling brothers we have always been told. A quote from the book tells about what Jesus accomplished on the cross, “He came to bring the human race Home. Therefore he did not come in strength but in weakness. He came and experienced the exile that we deserved. He was expelled from the presence of the Father, he was thrust into the darkness, the uttermost despair of spiritual alienation- in our place. He took upon himself the full curse of human rebellion, cosmic homelessness, so that we could be welcomed into our true home,” (Keller 102). This makes so much sense. The question of searching for home, the question of pain, and the question of Jesus. A line in one of my favorite songs states from the perspective of Christ, “Look at these hands and my side, they swallowed the grave on that night when I drank the world's sin so I could carry you in and give you life,”- oh! So this is why… to carry us home. For God to put His son on the cross to carry us home to be with him must mean that home is something bewildering.