Nicodemus is here asking the question we all have. How can this be?
Sometimes I think about the things we believe, about how audacious and bold they are, and how some of them contradict what we see with our earthly vision. It takes a lot to believe that a man died on a cross and walked out of a tomb three days later, and that this same man ascended to heaven and has made it possible for us to join him after we die.
How can this be?
What Jesus is telling Nicodemus, and what Jesus is telling us, is that this didn't happen in isolation. God has been at work through the Israelites for centuries, and Jesus is a part of God's ongoing work of salvation in the world. We don't ignore everything else that happens in history and in Scripture -- no, we look to it and see how it is interwoven with the story of Christ, and how Christ makes things clear and is the confirmation of what God has been pointing to all this time.
How can this be?
Because the pages of history are pointing to Christ. And all of creation will one day praise his name.
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