“The first Christmas was the time in history when God began announcing His mastery of irony . . . The great day of resurrection, the eschatological climax, will be what Tolkien called eucatastrophe, and will be literary catharsis writ large, although large is far too small a word for it . . . In worshiping Christ, in worshiping the Word, Christians are worshiping God’s irony” (God Rest Ye Merry, pp. 17-19).
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Yes, it is all very ironic. It always was ironic though seldom ever noticed, and that remains the case today.