In his death on the cross, Christ becomes the place of refuge, the place in the world where the full wrath of God has already been spent. Therefore, to stand in Christ is to stand in a place where the wrath of God will never be felt, because it has already been there.
--Rory Shiner,
One Forever:
The Transforming Power
of Being In Christ
Image source: Andrea di Bonaiuto, Crucifixion, tempura on wood (1370-1377),
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