"It is constantly assured that when the lion lies down with the lamb, the lion becomes lamb-like. But that is brutal annexation and imperialism on the part of the lamb. That is simply the lamb absorbing the lion instead of the lion eating the lamb. The real problem is -- Can the lion lie down with the lamb and still retain his royal ferocity? That is the problem the Church attempted; that is the miracle she achieved." - G.K. Chesterton, "Orthodoxy"
Jesus is the Lion of the tribe of Judah and the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. He is not a tame lion and He is not a bully of a lamb. He is both, simultaneously without robbing from the other. Just as He is 100% man and 100% God, He is 100% ferocity and 100% humility. He is not a compromise. He is not gray. He is not a compromised lion or lamb. All great heresies begin with a little gray. All rob Him of something that is fully His.
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