The main components of a good vinaigrette salad dressing are
oil and vinegar. Vinegar is mostly water and water and oil do not mix. Vigorously
shake before use to break up the water and oil into little droplets that will
mingle with each other for a time. In just a short time the dressing in the
bottle starts to separate, oil floating to the top and water sinking to the
bottom.
Mayonnaise is also a mixture of oil and water but unlike the
vinaigrette the water and oil stay suspended in a creamy goodness that doesn’t separate.
How is this possible? The secret lies with a component in the egg yolk called lecithin. Lecithin is a compound that
binds to other compounds on two ends. One side of lecithin binds to fats. The
other side binds to water. In mayo the lecithin holds the oil and water
together in a suspension called an emulsion.
God created man to be in perfect relationship with him. God
dwelt with man, first walking with him in the Garden of Eden, then in the Tent
of Dwelling, finally finding a home in the Holy of Holies inside the Temple.
But God and man are even more different than oil and water. No matter how hard
you shake up the bottle God always rises to the top and man sinks to the
bottom. What was God to do? He introduced lecithin into the mix.
The Father sent the second person of the Trinity, his only
begotten son, Jesus to live among us and show us how to live in right
relationship with the Father. Jesus is fully human and fully divine. One side
of Jesus binds perfectly with us humans. The other side binds perfectly with
the Father. Jesus creates the ultimate emulsion where we can live in a perfect
relationship with him and he lives in the perfect relationship with the Father.
Through Jesus we can know the Father in a way that we were not capable of
before.
“And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice,
and yielded up His spirit. And behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two
from top to bottom; and the earth shook and the rocks were split.”
Matthew 27:
50-51
When the Sacrifice was complete and the emulsion set God no
longer needed a special dwelling place among mankind. The perfect relationship
with his creation was fulfilled. The Kingdom of God is at hand, here and now.
It will reach its full completion when Jesus returns to render final judgment and
bring forth the new heaven and the new earth. The Kingdom of God is here and
now and we can experience it each and every day.
To be continued…
