In my first article published at Gospel-Centered Discipleship, I advocate for a posture of Christian witness that is one of descent. We die in order to live. We humble ourselves in order to be raised.
The pattern of Christ is descent. It involves descending to a knee to wash dirty feet, stooping to make mud in the ground in order to heal, stepping from heavenly glory to be embodied in earthly flesh. It’s only after his incarnation, death, burial, and descent to the “timeless, spaceless darkness of hell,” that he rises. It’s scandalizing. The God-man made nothing for sinful men. It is appealing in thought but appalling—revolting even—in practice.
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