Redemption's Dance

And when Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, he gave up his spirit.  At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook, the rocks split and the tombs broke open.  The bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life.  (Matthew 27:50-52)

The curtain was torn (perhaps from the inside?), and Glory danced out.  His feet struck the ground, ever-so-lightly and gracefully; but still the earth was shaken - so powerful is His step, so holy His touch.  Massive rocks split and shattered beneath His irresistible dancing.  The rhythm of His movements thrummed a sympathetic chord in long-dead hearts, and they began to beat to its cadence.  Graves could not hold back this new life, and they, too, were torn open.  The no-longer-dead sprang from the ground to join the great, eternal dance of grace.

Come, join the Dance!

Redemption's Dance, the great and mysterious perichoresis, is not like taking a few salsa lessons on a cruise ship and then saying, "I've danced."  This is daily, moment-by-moment letting His nail-ripped hands take us, guide us, and hold us in the Dance.  It is daily, moment-by-moment learning to follow His every lead.  It's not just a lifetime of learning and sharpening our skill in - and enjoyment of - the Dance.  It's eternal.

Come, join the Dance!

Redemption's Dance neither began nor ended with some "born-again" moment.  It reached no climactic moment at the point of some mystical experience or healing miracle or outpouring of power.  It began before the earth spun from God's hand.  In fact, in a mysterious way, the Dance gave birth to human life in the very beginning, just as it patiently works, every moment, its intricate designs to give new life to hearts and spirits buried in graves of darkness.  And when those hearts come to life, the Dance calls them to join, to celebrate Redemption's New Life.  Forever.

And ever.

And then some ...

Come, join the Dance!