When we make salvation mostly postmortem, all about the afterlife, we create a barrier—a wall of separation between redemption and the land of the living. No wonder so many shrug their shoulders in disinterest. But when we locate salvation here and now, people are naturally interested. Salvation is about being human. This is why the Word became flesh—human flesh. Jesus came to give us back the life we lost ever since we stumbled out of the garden to wander in the violent land east of Eden.
