We get a sense of the size of his love for sinners by the size of the price he paid out of his own pocket to publish the proof that his love for us is genuine - to verify his love for us. Verification took place on the road from the Crucifixion to the Resurrection. The price of verification was exorbitant. He paid the exorbitant price not from his unlimited divine resources. He paid the exorbitant price from his limited human resources. He paid them all for us . He kept not a penny for himself. He has never paid more for anything else . Some say that the Son of God overpaid - that he was ripped off. We were not worth the payment. He, on the other hand, was willing to pay the price. He thought that we were worth it . Rejoice and be glad! We are worth much to our God! He would not have paid an exorbitant price if we were not worth it. The exorbitant size of the payment is irrefutable evidence of the exorbitant size of his love for us.
If his love for us were counterfeit, it would have faded as we tortured him and died when we killed him. However, it did not. His love for us survived the evil that we did to him. Wow! The payload of the revelation that Jesus released into the Valley of Tears on the road from the Crucifixion to the Resurrection was that His love for us survived the evil that we did to him. This was the seed that Jesus planted in the soil of our hearts to grow the gardens of the new Eden. In the Valley of Tears, we live like beasts amongst the ruins of Eden (See, the Vessel in which we are Baptized). Jesus wants to raise us from the level of the miserable and hideous of loveless beast to the level of our loving God. Jesus paid us a visit to reestablish the gardens of the new Eden in the Valley of Tears - to undo the catastrophe of Adam and Eve - to reverse the fall. Jesus wants many to enjoy the fruits of love in the gardens of the new Eden. Jesus’s goal is a new creation (2 Corinthians 5:17).
