Christ Descended That We Might Ascend
http://orthochristian.com/120419.htmlA Homily for the Feast of the Annunciation and the Sunday of the Ladder of Divine Ascent
Jesse Dominick
This is the wondrous love and mercy of our God—before He calls us up to Himself, He comes down to us. And this is the uniqueness of Christianity—it is not man searching for God, as are other religions, but rather, it is God searching out man. God has descended to us and become one of us—Jesus Christ. And because He is perfect God, He also perfected human nature, which allows us to seek perfection and climb the ladder of Divine ascent. This is the essence of salvation—this two-way motion—God loves and moves towards us, so that we can love and move towards Him.