Fresh wine in mature wineskins

Only if our affairs are expendable, we can afford throwing them away and starting from scratch _A clean cut. That is called "a new beginning".

In the Christian tradition, however, such "a new beginning" is understood differently. We, humans, are defined as creatures of God, unique and irreplaceable. Our life and history, no matter how punished or blessed, have sense and meaning, and past and memories, flesh and mind, rights and wrongs will not  be detached since they conform us and are unrepeatable.

Therefore, when the time is come, the judgement won´t expurgate just the righteous amongst the all to keep them apart and dispose of the rest, but nothing will be spared. The "new beginning" will indeed be a "renewal" (no clean cut), as filling the mature, old wineskins with fresh wine. Our worn-out self will be restored.

As unique creatures provided with inherent value, we humans become the most prominent feature of Creation. God assigns Man the kingship over Nature; most important, Man is endowed with the sovereign of his life, purposes and choices, is invested with freedom, and becomes the sole master of Himself.

The importance attached to humans is of unparallel dimension, to the extend that God, the One, Lord of History and Nature, became one human, and was equal to us except in evil. Particularly, He embraced love and pain (suffering, sorrow, confusion), two hinges of human mystery. Even more, as to underline the indissolubility of Man and his freedom, Christian God did not steal or borrow a child of flesh to incardinate, nor bribed or forced none, but asked for permission, as a fine, polite young boy, and wait for a woman consent: Fiat!

So Man is of the utmost importance. None and nothing will be spared. Precisely, the rejected shall be the key stone in the building of the kingdom of redemption (Sal 117, Mt 21, 42).

Bring the mature wineskins from the lumber room, boy! We will pour the fresh wine in them, they will look so neat.