The Language in which Jesus Spoke to Us

Jesus did not speak to us in the language of divinity. As creatures of flesh and blood, we do not understand the language of divinity. Jesus did not speak to us in the language of the angels. As creatures of flesh and blood, we do not understand the language of angels. JESUS ANSWERED THE QUESTION, 'WHO IS GOD?' IN THE LANGUAGE OF SUFFERING BECAUSE HE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THE CHILDREN OF ADAM AND EVE UNDERSTOOD THE NATURE OF GOD. Suffering is our native tongue. All creature who suffer understand it. The language of suffering is a simple language. It works like this. Nobody signs up to dive headfirst or, for that matter, even dip his little toe into the boiling cauldron of suffering unless they are insane or something important outweighs the high cost of suffering. We understand that suffering is an exorbitant price we only willingly pay to purchase something that is extremely dear to us. Jesus paid the exorbitant price to purchase for us the gift of forgiveness because we are extremely dear to Him (Matthew 10:29-31). He spent all of the coin of his flesh and blood to make the purchase. He emptied his treasury of all his limited human resources. He kept not a penny in the bank in reserve for himself. He has never spent more for anything else. "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends" (John 15:13) (John 12:24). The exorbitant expenditure of his flesh and blood revealed that God is head over heels in love with us - that his love for us is radical in the extreme. The Son of God became one of us - an equal to us in our humanity - a partner with us in our suffering - so we could become an equal to him in his divinity - a partner with him in his glory  (Romans 8:17) (John 1:12).

The Word of God (John 1:1) translated the mystery of God into the language of flesh and blood so, through His suffering and our forgiveness, we could understand the nature of God. No incarnation; no suffering; no forgiveness; no translation of the mystery of God; God remains hidden in the enigmatic black box into which he retreated after the fall of Adam and Eve. "Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour" (Isaiah 45:15). Since Jesus, however, this can no longer be said. Since Jesus, God is no longer a stranger to the children of Adam and Eve. Jesus made manifest the sweetness of God. God’s power made paradise for us. However, God’s prodigious love for us is the ingredient that makes paradise sweet. Power begets respect but only love begets love. Rational creatures seek the sweetness of paradise. It is contrary to their self-interest to do otherwise. It is crazy to do otherwise. Not seeking the sweetness of paradise is a perversion. It is akin to biting off one’s nose to spite one’s face - but far worse.