March 5, 2017: Every Last Particle of the Universe – Michael Hidalgo

 

It is not just that the Incarnation happened, but that it is happening everywhere and always. And this is important, for it means that all things have been in Christ since the beginning, and still are. Now I know this immediately raises questions for all of us. If everyone is in Christ, then does everyone get in? Isn’t that just plain ol’ universalism? No, not at all. But it does raise the question for us of what we believe about the God revealed in Jesus. 

Did Jesus reveal that God is for all people, forgave all sins and proclaimed everyone innocent? Or was it just for a select few? Throughout Scripture we continually see that God’s salvation is for all people – no qualifications. Which means God’s forgiveness in Christ is present for all people, in all places here and now. It is like sunlight … it bathes us in its glow on a sunny afternoon. If someone claims it is dark, it may only be because his or her eyes are closed, not because the sun is shining. Perhaps we only need to open our eyes to see that Christ has been everywhere present in every last particle of the universe since before time … and maybe then we will understand we are all in Christ.