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" Did the Redeemer so identify himself with his brothers, the sinners, that he will not distinguish himself from them in the presence of God, with the result that, like a lightning rod, he draws the judgment of God—a judgment upon the reality of opposition to God in the world—on to himself? Let no one object that the notion of an angry God is archaic and obsolete since a loving Father has given his Son for the world’s sake (Jn 3:16; Rom 8:32). Nothing hinders God, who loves the sinner, from being angry on account of the sin he hates. "

Hans Urs von Balthasar , Does Jesus Know Us--Do We Know Him?


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Hans Urs von Balthasar quote : Did the Redeemer so identify himself with his brothers, the sinners, that he will not distinguish himself from them in the presence of God, with the result that, like a lightning rod, he draws the judgment of God—a judgment upon the reality of opposition to God in the world—on to himself? Let no one object that the notion of an angry God is archaic and obsolete since a loving Father has given his Son for the world’s sake (Jn 3:16; Rom 8:32). Nothing hinders God, who loves the sinner, from being angry on account of the sin he hates.