It is the german philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche’s project to transvalue all values. For him, in the Christian faith, everything that is weak, sick and decadent is marked. Pagan vitality was changed in the West to a Christian disease. can only exceed.
I cannot agree that Christian virtues are decadent, Nietzsche knew neither truth nor life, but we must agree with Nietzsche that the cross of Christ is the greatest investment of all values built by man.
In the biblical accounts of the crucifixion, we see the total reversal of what human beings are looking for.
The cross was God’s choice for the most difficult path; Instead of a holy and pure place, Jesus was crucified in the skull, a place of death and impurity; chose not to drink wine with faithfulness to ease his pain. the story is his death.
The cross was also a major change. The king was not seated on a throne, but hung from a tree; instead of a crown, he had thorns in his head; the king of the whole country was accused by the Romans, the mob greeted him with his head and even one of the crucified robbers by his side accused him.
From the point of view of what pleases us and fills our eyes, there is nothing more inverted than the way of the cross, but this is precisely the path that Jesus invites us to take as well.
It was the righteousness of God that was fulfilled. Fulfilling the covenant of works that no human being can ever do, but did Jesus do it for us so that today we could have real life?Fool, Nietzsche!
The veil of the temple was torn from top to bottom, the saints who had died before the crucifixion were resurrected, the pagan Romans confessed that Jesus was the Lord and the Church, the poor community of Jesus’ disciples, remained there, although from afar he risked following her to the end.
It is in this reversal of all human values, too human, that we break the cycle of death that is inevitable for all. Today we can celebrate the greatest deliverance offered by the covenant with God.
It is the gospel at Easter, life in the death of death!