HOME SWEET HOME!!!!

Per The Prodigal God by Tim Keller (p. 101-2):

During his ministry he wandered, settling nowhere, and said: “Foxes have holes, and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head” (Matt. 8:20).  He remained completely outside the social networks of political and economic power.  He did not even seek academic or religious credentials.  Finally, at the end of his life, he was crucified outside the gate of the city, a powerful symbol of rejection by the community, of exile.  And as he died he said, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” (Matt. 27:46), a tremendous cry of spiritual dereliction and homelessness.

What had happened?  Jesus had not come to simply deliver one nation from political oppression, but to save all of us from sin, evil, and death itself.  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.