The crucifixion is not just one more case of a particular society showing its inhumanity. It is the whole human race showing the rejection of itself. 

Herbert McCabe

 I find myself coming back to this again and again—that the resurrection was the result of a fundamental negation on God’s part, not an affirmation. From God’s perspective, it was not a “wonder” or “miracle” but rather an utter refusal to accept something that happened in the autonomous world of space and time, the very same world God created and loved. Even the Creator could not accept humanity’s rejection—and so God’s response was to hit the “pause” button and then “reset.”

John W. Farrell