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September 09, 2004

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Layers, Part 1.5

I got some good feedback on my “Who Controls the Layers“ post from a couple of friends last night that I thought I’d share. (And I concede that this feedback was solicited by me, as the subject of communication with God, theologically speaking, is relatively foreign to me.)

From Tim Keel on my “Mosaic period”:

  • [Y]ou might try pre-monarchy, monarchy, post-monarchy.
  • [In the bible] there are three offices where “control” is affected: priest, prophet, and king — these are sacramental leadership offices: the prophetic is a teaching office, the priestly a sanctifying role, and the king a ruling office. [I]n Christ all three roles are unified…
  • [I]n the scope of that time in history even the content is different, vis a vis the Levitical versus Deuteronomic approach to Law.
I could have clarified some of the “eras” more succinctly, but the history of Christianity (which, for us believers, is the history of humankind) is vast and I probably could make a chart that was a mile long. These are good points, though, and I hope to delve into more of the finer details of these “milestones” at a later time.

Jason Clark‘s main questions was this:

[S]o what can this teach us for the debate on church history (as above) on how god speaks to us???
Yeah, Jason, that is my question too! Hopefully an answer may be fleshed out. Mainly, I think that God desires us to keep these layers free — His layer is free, so why shouldn’t the others be? I think that this freedom can only lead us closer to God, as removing the “middle-men” from any system should increase efficiency.

Jason also pointed me towards a website that describes “General Revelation vs. Special Revelation” (how God communicates) which is pretty interesting. I am going to look into that more throroughly before attempting any new theorizing.

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Comments (1):
I’ll say thats an interesting analogy to use for communication with Him though beyond that, I would probably have to commit to a theological debate with you and your friends, haha. Nonetheless, because I’m not an IT guy, I can say that I liked how he described it so a guy like me can understand his theory. How it relates to communication with God.. thats another post.


P.S. Ever heard of a band called miniBar? i think you’d like them. i saw them on sat night. they were great. best bass player ive seen in a LONG time.. seriously.

Dennisthemenace () - September 09, 2004 at 12:45 pm

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