And here is the rub: the need for oscillation means that the man of faith has no single home. He is a wanderer, striking roots in one community, only to then uproot himself and travel to another, in a perpetual cycle. This continuous oscillation is a source of loneliness—and it cannot be overcome. Because Adam the Second must, by divine mandate, enter Adam the First’s community as well, complete redemption is unattainable.
