John 1:18 describes God the Son as being eternally in the bosom or lap of the Father. One would never dare imagine it, but Jesus declares that his desire is that believers might be with him there (Jn 17:24). That, indeed, is why the Father sent him, that we who have rejected him might be brought back—and brought back, not merely as creatures, but as children, to enjoy the abounding love the Son has always known.
