Daily Meditation: All People Lifted Up with Jesus

All People Lifted Up with Jesus - from Henri Nouwen's Bread for the Journey The death and resurrection of Jesus are God's way to open for all people the door to eternal life.  Jesus said:  "When I am lifted up from the earth, I shall draw all people to myself" (John 12:32). Indeed, all people, from all times and places, are lifted up with Jesus on the cross and into the new life of the resurrection.  Thus, Jesus' death is a death for all humanity, and Jesus' resurrection is a resurrection for all humanity. Not one person from the past, present, or future is excluded from the great passage of Jesus from slavery to freedom, from the land of captivity to the promised land, from death to eternal life. For further reflection... "He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world." - 1 John 2: 2 (NIV) Comment on this Daily Meditation.   Visit our website for inspiration, resources, news, events, community.     Text excerpts taken from Bread for the Journey, by Henri J.M. Nouwen, ©1997 HarperSanFrancisco. All Scripture from The Jerusalem Bible ©1966, 1967, and 1968 Darton, Longman & Todd and Doubleday & Co. Inc. Photo by V. Dobson. Scripture chosen by L. Yeskoo.

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