In reading today’s entry from Augustine I am captivated by one line in particular. Augustine is writing on Christ as our only true qualified mediator and says the following,
“What we needed was a mediator to stand between God and men who should be in one respect like God, in another kin to human beings, for if he were manlike in both regards he would be far from God, but if Godlike in both, far from us: and then he would be no mediator.”
Christ in His very being is perfect. So, the balance needed to be both God and man is therefore perfect. Christ is everything the Divine and humanity need Him to be. Hanging on the cross is the one, the only one, who is and has ever been closest to God (being God) and closest to us (being man). Not to overstate the point, but on our journey it is essential and uplifting to know that our go-between is the perfect mediator.