One of the fundamental differences brought about by the new covenant is the fact that the locus of the people of God under this covenant no longer constitutes a nation, but an international community not to be identified with any nation. ...
It is one more indication that we have given ourselves to thinking great thoughts about human beings and small thoughts about God.
How does rebellion appear to One so incomparably transcendent that even the superpowers appear to his eyes like the fine dust in a balance? How does rebellion appear to One who measures our sin by the death of his Son?
D.A. Carson How Long, O Lord? Reflections on Suffering and Evil
http://ref.ly/o/howlonglord/193930
http://ref.ly/o/howlonglord/193930
