A New Class of Humanity

...there is a new creation.

 - From 2 Corinthians 5

Some of my warmest life memories are songs. So it is with the wonderful song by The Imperials, called "New Creation." I always loved Russ Taff's introduction to the song, from their Live album, circa 1979. Taff had just joined the Imperials, and he was about to take the already groundbreaking group into vastly new territory, leading the way for Contemporary Christian music to become directly competitive with secular music, in terms of musical and artistic excellence. 

The song, "New Creation" was written by Taff, and seemed to indicate that Christian music, itself, was being reborn.

In the introduction, Taff shared that the actual Greek word used for "new creation" literally means, an entirely new species, a new creature. 

In 2017, this is an inflammatory concept. How dare Christians think of themselves as a separate, victorious, even . . . superior . . . species or, worse yet: race.

But humanity itself, all of us, with none to spare, is a beaten down species. Life is short and, let's face it, painful. Yes there are unexpected benefits to pain and sorrow. It builds character and an attitude of gratitude, for what we do have. You learn not to take anything for granted. Left to ourselves, we are subject to violence, which breeds more pain and sorrow. 

We need to change. We need to be changed. We need to become something different.

The idea of new creation is not so much so that we can lord it over, or be judgmental over, others. Far from it. It enables us to realize that, in the end, we do win. All of us. And all of them. All of us, together. 

It's going to take something other than just human, to awake from death and live forever. 

It takes a new creation.