God is not only master of the paradox, He is a paradox. The Epistle of Peter describes Jesus as both the most important building block and yet the biggest stumbling block. To the believer this is one more paradox fro the God of the universe and beyond.
One of the most profound paradox’s of Jesus is recorded in three of the four gospels. I love Mark’s direct recollection of his time with Jesus, and the day He challenged the self-serving pride of the disciples with the paradox of the first and last. God of the Paradox First and Last