No matter what we are facing, no matter how things appear, no matter how battered and bruised we may feel at times we are not a tu’penny, ha’penny, merely human organisation. No, we are part of the church of God!
The miracle of the moment, the miracle of Advent is that we are all treated as the eldest son. Think about this for a moment. The inheritance is coming from God the Father, whose only son is Jesus Christ. So, what we are being told here is that the miracle of the moment, the miracle of advent is that we are treated, by God, as though we are Jesus Christ himself.