I am a bit of a sci-fi geek. I grew up watching Star Trek, Star Wars and just about anything with aliens and outer space. \u00a0 One of the coolest phenomena which provided great plots and excitement was the mysterious Black Hole!<\/p>\n
A Black Hole is a phenomenon in outer space that has a gravitational field so powerful that nothing; matter or radiation can escape. \u00a0So powerful that it even pulls\u00a0light into itself, and the light cannot escape. \u00a0The light itself is absorbed. \u00a0 The immense gravity of the Black Hole squeezes all matter into a relatively small space. \u00a0Cool, right? But what does this have to do with faith?<\/p>\n
We see a variety of explanations of what happened on the cross in relation to Jesus and sin. \u00a0Powerful statements like He bore our sin, and He became sin on our behalf illustrate the lengths to which God would go to save us. \u00a0 Using Jewish imagery, in Christ, the Father provide the perfect lamb as a scapegoat for us to transfer our sin upon, and in Christ, God Himself became the once and for all sacrifice. \u00a0Through the cross, God gave Himself as the final scapegoat, and we unrelentingly\u00a0poured out our worst on Him. \u00a0 Our shame-inspired-cocktail of sin, rage, fear and its institutional sin of religion and politics murdered God on the cross.<\/p>\n
Thankfully this is not the end of the story. In the amazing climax, Jesus takes the full force of our shame-driven-sin. \u00a0He takes our worst and through it all He does not lash out, He does not condemn and curse us. \u00a0Rather, in the throes of excruciating death, He prays unrelentingly \u201cFather, forgive them! They don’t know what they are doing!\u201d \u00a0When He finally gives up His life, even the grave cannot hold Him. \u00a0Three days later, taking the keys of sin and death, He rises to new life. \u00a0He has resoundingly conquered sin and death.<\/p>\n