03/7/18

Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 JU

[Each member of the tribe of Israel, is expected to choose2b YHWH, thus revealing “her” values1b.

But the challenge does not stop there.

Every child of Abraham, upon hearing the stories in Genesis, is called to ‘something2a’ that reveals “her” desires.

If this ‘something2a’ is anything other than YHWH, then all hell will break loose.

The vessel of “her” values1b will fill with delusions appearing in the Zeitgeist3a.

The vessel1b formed when choosing YHWH will burst, in thought3b(2b and deed2b(1b)), leaving the wayward child of God trapped in the words3a(2a that “she” takes to be real2a and in bondage2a(1a)) to the desires1a that they call forth in “her”.]

03/6/18

Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 JT

[Each member of the tribe of Israel, is expected to choose2b YHWH, thus revealing “his” values1b.

But the challenge does not stop there.

Every child of Abraham, upon hearing the stories in Genesis, is called to ‘something2a’ that reveals “his” desires1a.

Without this ‘something2a’, the vessel of “his” values2b stands empty.]

03/5/18

Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 JS

[Perhaps, the stories of Abraham were woven into a coherent narrative by the bards of Israel. They entered into the thought experiment for the tribes of Israel.

The thought experiment asks whether the children of Abraham not only value1b (thereby choose) God, but desire1a God as well.

YHWH is located as the something2a that reveals the desire1a of the tribes of Israel.]

03/2/18

Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 JR

Summary of text [comment] page 83

[How is this seen in Scripture?

In the Old Testament, God chooses2b Abraham, revealing God’s desire1a and value1b.

Abraham, in response, chooses2b God, revealing his values1b.

Abraham desires1a God.

All the strange tests that Abraham faces (including circumcision and almost sacrificing his son) reveals and tests Abraham’s desire1a.]