Only rare things are precious.
Godtook embraced finite form so that his salvific acts would have "real" value.
The passion: 3 hours of agony and a few liters of unspeakably precious blood, minted all the currency that will ever be used to "purchase us at great price".
Our limited time for com-passion, viewed alongside eternity, is the "gold tried in the fire" because it is the rare reality that physical fire-tried-gold was made to foreshadow.
Your acts are precious, because they will come to an end soon, and never occur again.
Salvation is God acting in you, without counting the cost.
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God
The passion: 3 hours of agony and a few liters of unspeakably precious blood, minted all the currency that will ever be used to "purchase us at great price".
Our limited time for com-passion, viewed alongside eternity, is the "gold tried in the fire" because it is the rare reality that physical fire-tried-gold was made to foreshadow.
Your acts are precious, because they will come to an end soon, and never occur again.
Salvation is God acting in you, without counting the cost.
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