tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8261814012053869943.post5156281726830485569..comments2023-10-09T03:39:02.388-06:00Comments on Expository Lutheran: Time, Eternity, and the ResurrectionBror Ericksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06913133289813136695noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8261814012053869943.post-46973278980013788522012-02-20T09:54:30.815-07:002012-02-20T09:54:30.815-07:00Part of the trouble with this, and other logical c...Part of the trouble with this, and other logical constructs such as Calvin's on one side and Arminians on the other in light of paradox is that "in time" demands the logical construct that it demands and anything else looks as to be nonesense as it where (e.g. "There goes God (Jesus) walking down the street", "Mary is the mother of God", "this is My body", etc...). <br /><br />Time itself is a creature of God just as much as is space and material therein. Time in its one directional necessity requires a certain logic, that the philosophers have developed, to operate. Basic things like law of non-contradiction, excluded middle, identity, etc... These are dictated by the "flow" of created time.<br /><br />That being said, revelation from the eternal must of necessity offend and look like foolishness to time-logiced folks so created. E.g. God died on the Cross. This violates "logic" (and for example logic driven religions such as Calvinism for such are fine with "Jesus (the man) died on the cross" but not the statement "God died on the Cross" (something I found out in my old PCA SS class from an elder). Such will not allow the communication of attributes between the two (the critical divide from orthodox confessions and heterodox confessions).<br /><br />LarryLarryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13387712441394419154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8261814012053869943.post-74362738001973488622012-02-20T09:54:09.147-07:002012-02-20T09:54:09.147-07:00Part of the trouble with this, and other logical c...Part of the trouble with this, and other logical constructs such as Calvin's on one side and Arminians on the other in light of paradox is that "in time" demands the logical construct that it demands and anything else looks as to be nonesense as it where (e.g. "There goes God (Jesus) walking down the street", "Mary is the mother of God", "this is My body", etc...). <br /><br />Time itself is a creature of God just as much as is space and material therein. Time in its one directional necessity requires a certain logic, that the philosophers have developed, to operate. Basic things like law of non-contradiction, excluded middle, identity, etc... These are dictated by the "flow" of created time.<br /><br />That being said, revelation from the eternal must of necessity offend and look like foolishness to time-logiced folks so created. E.g. God died on the Cross. This violates "logic" (and for example logic driven religions such as Calvinism for such are fine with "Jesus (the man) died on the cross" but not the statement "God died on the Cross" (something I found out in my old PCA SS class from an elder). Such will not allow the communication of attributes between the two (the critical divide from orthodox confessions and heterodox confessions).<br /><br />LarryLarryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13387712441394419154noreply@blogger.com