What seems like forever (but was only two months) ago I (re)read Anselm's Cur Deus Homo? in my Medieval Church seminar. What struck me this time around was that God rewards Jesus Christ for his sinless life and death on the cross. But Jesus Christ is the Son of God. God from God; Light from Light, and all that. The quintessential Man Who Has Everything. What need of a reward does Jesus have? None at all. So he shares the reward with us. Because we desperately need some rewards. Especially immortality.
So you know what this makes Jesus?
A regifter.
I'm not a big fan of Singing Christmas Trees. They tend to be put on by Baptist churches, and the climax is always the singers rearranging themselves into a cross. C'mon, can't we do without the blood for just one evening? But maybe Satisfaction Atonement has some weird resonance with one of the quirks of this great annual Potlatch we're about to celebrate.
Might be a good sermon illustration. Just sayin.'
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