Dallas Willard on "The Great Reversal"

Dallas Willard, in The Divine Conspiracy, writes of what he calls The Great Inversion. Commenting on the story of the widow contributing a penny in the temple, he writes...

“The scene at the offering box in the temple is an illustration. What turns up so graphically in that case is actually a general structure that permeates the message of the Bible as a whole and the reality portrayed therein. This structure indicates that humanity is routinely flying upside down (ED: italics mine), and at the same time it provides a message of hope for everyone who counts on God’s order, no matter his or her circumstance. There are none in the humanly ‘down’ position so low that they cannot be lifted up by entering God’s order, and none in the humanly ‘up” position so high that they can disregard God’s point of view on their lives. ...To become a disciple of Jesus is to accept now that inversion of human distinctions that will sooner or later be forced upon everyone by the irresistible reality of his kingdom.” (pp. 89-90)

Thus, the Christmas story's "Great Reversal" reaches deep into God's reality.