God the Peacemaker 10
So we come to the end of our posts on God the Peacemaker: How the atonement brings shalom.
Chapter Ten: Conclusion
Graham Cole sums up in these words:
“Atonement brings shalom by defeating the enemies of peace, overcoming the barriers both to reconciliation and to the restoration of creation. This is God’s peacemaking mission.”
I like to think of this peace mission with vertical and horizontal components (just like the Moral Commission): vertical – peace with God; horizontal – peace with one another.
Is this project (that required the blood of the Cross) worth it? Graham answers:
“Yes! If it glorifies the triune God and results in a creature as close to being God as a creature can logically possibly become…”
Graham, may the Lord be pleased to greatly bless this book. The more I have thought about the title of this book; the thesis of the book; the practical call to daily be a peacemaker, and the certain hope in a future state of peace that will never be shattered nor broken, the more I have been both challenged and encouraged.
Read this book slowly; chew on its contents; check out Scripture; and allow the Holy Spirit to continue His great work of transforming the followers of Jesus more and more into His likeness. For the praise of His glory.
For reference, listed below are the posts on God the Peacemaker:
1: The righteous God of holy love
2: The glory and garbage of the universe
3: The great need: peace with God, with one another and for the cosmos
4: Foundations and foreshadowings
6A: The death and vindication of the faithful Son
6B: The death and vindication of the faithful Son (cont.)
8A: Life between the cross and the coming
8B: Life between the cross and the coming (cont.)