In a nutshell, the Bible from Genesis 3 to Revelation 22 tells the story of a God reckless with desire to get his family back. (That’s why Jesus came.) The Bible’s last scene, like the parable of the lost son, ends in jubilation, the family united once again.

Philip Yancey

Philip Yancey, The Jesus I Never Knew, 2000, London: Marshall Pickering, p.266