The expanding kingdom
Jay Voorhees provokes thought:
This notion of an expanding vision of God’s love makes some nervous. After all, isn’t God unchanging, the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow? Does suggesting that God’s boundaries of love are changing through time erode the stability and constancy of God? And, isn’t revelation fixed in the Word of God, the scriptures?
The answer to all the questions above, like most of the questions of God, is yes . . . and no. Certainly the scriptures bear witness to the possibility of a changing God (just ask Jonah!). Yes, God is our rock and fortress, but even rocks and fortresses change gradually through the eons through the interaction of wind, sand, and waves. Yes, the scriptures are our reference, the standard of faith and praxis, but Jesus promised and gave the gift of the Spirit to guide us and help us know the reality of God in the world.
The whole thing is long, but well worth your time.
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