The Revolutionary Cross

The death of Jesus on the cross is central to the gospel story and it is central to our faith. The cross was scandalous for first-century Jews and silly for first-century Romans. It is ignored by modern people, but for those of us who believe, the cross changes everything. It is the day a revolution began. The cross is only revolutionary if we get the end game right. If the end is disembodied Christians living in heaven for all eternity then the cross becomes the central figure of a new religion, nothing more. But if the end of our story is new creation, the restoration of all things, the salvation of the world, then we see again the revolutionary nature of the cross.