One of the most prized series of volumes on my shelf is Carl F. H. Henry's magisterial work, God, Revelation and Authority. Here's just a snippet from volume 4...
The living God distinguishes himself from all false gods by his speech and acts. He speaks creatively, and from the formless void the universe emerges to obey him. He speaks redemptively, and amid chaotic pagan civilizations Israel arises to serve him. He speaks to accredit Jesus Christ his sinless Son as Savior of the world. At the end of this age he will speak final judgment upon Satan and his hosts, upon the beast empires of this world, and upon the impenitent wicked.
The speaking God of the Bible towers evermore above fallen man's silent and fading idols (Jer. 2:28). The fact that Elohim-Yahweh speaks from everlasting to everlasting attests that he alone--and not impersonal fate or ghastly demons or man-made idols-- rules the silences of external reality. God's speech--commanding, warning, exhorting, promising, performing--strips the world of mythology of its presumed value and power.
~ Carl F. H. Henry, God, Revelation and Authority, IV:593 (1979)
The living God distinguishes himself from all false gods by his speech and acts. He speaks creatively, and from the formless void the universe emerges to obey him. He speaks redemptively, and amid chaotic pagan civilizations Israel arises to serve him. He speaks to accredit Jesus Christ his sinless Son as Savior of the world. At the end of this age he will speak final judgment upon Satan and his hosts, upon the beast empires of this world, and upon the impenitent wicked.
The speaking God of the Bible towers evermore above fallen man's silent and fading idols (Jer. 2:28). The fact that Elohim-Yahweh speaks from everlasting to everlasting attests that he alone--and not impersonal fate or ghastly demons or man-made idols-- rules the silences of external reality. God's speech--commanding, warning, exhorting, promising, performing--strips the world of mythology of its presumed value and power.
~ Carl F. H. Henry, God, Revelation and Authority, IV:593 (1979)
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