"Seeing then, that man fell through pride, he restored came through humility... We used our immortality so badly as to incur the penalty of death; Christ used his morality so well as to restore us to life. The disease was brought in through a woman's corrupted soul; the remedy came through a woman's virgin body."
I love how eloquently Augustine portrays the opposing remedies we see through Scripture. I had never noticed these pairings before, especially the first line. everyone would be looking for the Messiah to come with a triumphant return, yet He came to us through the frailty of man. He could have come as a forest fire, a powerful hurricane, an erupting volcano, a shattering earthquake, with lightening and heaven's army at his heels. But no, he came gently, quietly, and humbly.
I posed on Sydney's.
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