"You have been brought near by the blood of Christ," Ephesians 2:13.
That is, by Jesus's sacrifice, right? The very real, material, flesh and blood body of that human being, the man, Jesus. Jesus has become our peace. That is, our peace offering. Peace with whom? With God. And with every other human. Jesus's sacrificial offering integrated us, divided men, into one new man. Jesus reconciled us, every divided peoples, ins and outs, both. Jesus's death killed our hostility. Jesus, by his body nailed to the cross, yielded for the many of us, in one Spirit, access to God. In one Spirit. Near to God? This near: God now dwells among us. In us, his own household. That near.
We welcome each other, brother or sister, today as God's dwelling place in the Spirit. And, together, we sacrifice the thanksgiving of our confession: Jesus is our peace.
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