The scandal of the cross is not that some will be saved while others lost, that the righteous will be with God while the unrighteous will not...Islam and many Chritians believes that. Nor is it that the oppressed will be vindicated while the oppressors judged...Judaism and many Christians believe that. And it is certainly not the belief that the good will be rewarded while the bad will be punished...Hindus, Buddhists and the world in general accept that.
Finally, It is not even the belief that everyone on earth will, in the end, be with God though that is scandalous to many. No...the utter repugnancy of the cross is that the entire world is judged and found wanting but the grace of God redeems both, the righteous and the unrighteous, the victims and the victimizers, the oppressed and the oppressors, the Christians and the non-Christians and THAT is an intolerable message for all.
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