The wicked are a ransom for the righteous, 

and the treacherous, for the upright.

Proverbs 21:18 CSB

Jesus flips this proverb just like he flipped the tables in the temple...he was the righteous who paid the ransom for the criminal.

He is the upright one.

And me, I am the treacherous.

Jesus brings in the upsidedown kingdom, where power is not accrued and collected used against others, but is given away.

And Jesus pays the ransom. 

It wasn't justice for him, but it is for me, because it wasn't just an Exodus 30 token payment, but he gave his life.

The only one who could, chose to.

And now, I, you, we, get to live in the freedom on the other side.

And we too get to join with Jesus and in some way, pay the ransom for others too...that's what love does.

#thereisaredeemer

#theransomispaid

#lovewins