In the move The Last Emperor, the young child anointed as the last emperor of China lives a magical life of luxury with a thousand eunuch servants at his command. What happens when you do wrong? his brother asks. When I do wrong, someone else is punished, the boy emperor replies. To demonstrate, he breaks a jar, and one of the servants is beaten. In Christian theology, Jesus reversed that ancient pattern: when the servants erred, the King was punished. Grace is free only because the giver himself has borned the cost. ✨ Philip Yancey (1997). What's So Amazing about Grace?, p.67, Harper Collins
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