They all wanted a copy of this sermon. To enter the New Creation we do not need to show anything on the outside, for the work of the new creation is inward, and at first we may act no differently. Being reconciled is first part of the New Creation. Being reunited is its second part. In the new Creation we are reunited with those who we have been separated from.
Reconciliation makes reunion possible.
We don't know what may yet happen in this divided family, but the reconciliation that has taken place in the heart of the father makes reunion with his daughter possible. Those of us who have been born again to the New Creation have, of course, moments of relapse from the New back to the Old Creation. Therefore, the third part of the New Creation is resurrection. Actually the word comes from surge meaning to rise. Resurrection means that we will rise into the new creation, not once but many times, we will rise again and again.