Grace and Law?

The law is an expression of God's Holiness, grace an expression of His Love.

See what sensus plenior adds: In the beginning, the waters (Word) were separated into two words (law and grace), and the light (Holiness) and darkness (grace) were separated.

Christ is the firmament (desolate mediator) and the morning and evening (mediator between light and dark).(between law and grace)

There are two trees in the garden which are both Christ. He is the tree of life (grace) and the tree of death (Holiness). The two trees are one reconciled by a river of life (Christ) in Revelation.

In the flood he is the rain from above which gives life (grace) and he is the flood from below (law) which destroys. And he is the ark which is between the two.

He is the pillar of smoke (darkness-grace) in the day (Holiness) and the pillar of fire (Holiness) in the night (darkness-grace).

He is the King (law) and the Priest (grace). He is the Judge (law) and the Prophet (grace).

Law and grace could not coexist with men around, until the Man reconciled them in Himself.

As long as there was God alone, there was no need for a cross. But knowing that we would not be holy, the moment He thought to create us he conceived of the cross so that he wouldn't have to destroy us.

A promise of the cross sustained those looking forward to it. A memory of the cross sustains us. The cross stands between the old covenant (law) and the new (grace).

As long as God is Holy, there will be an expression of the law. As long as God is loving, the cross will not lose it's power to permit us to stand in the presence of God.