The Cross of Christ by T. Austin-Sparks
Zero. The dictionary tells us that (a) Zero is the point in the scale of the thermometer from which positive and negative quantity is reckoned. (b) In military operations, the point of time from which the start of each movement in a timed programme is at a specified interval. The combination of these two definitions is exactly what we mean when we speak of the Cross of Christ as the zero hour of the Creation. From that point all positive and negative values are determined, and all movements are fixed. Through the ages preceding the Cross of Christ there had …