03/20/18

Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 KD

[The single actuality consisting of ‘something_2H and my choice_2V’ is ‘my heart₂’.

The intersection dramatically displays two co-oppositions:

The vertical co-opposition:

Thoughts_3V(2V and deeds_2V(1V))

The vertical nested form:

I, seat of choice_3V( my choice_2V and something_2H( something_1V))

The horizontal co-opposition:

Obligations_3H(2H and exercises of the heart_2H(1H))

The horizontal nested form:

Thought experiment_3H( something_2H and my choice_2V( me_1H))]

03/19/18

Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 KC

03/16/18

Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 KB

Summary of text [comment] page 83

[Schoonenberg ‘s comments fit into the interscope of the thought experiment where ‘I choose something’.

Values align with desires.

But they do not dwell there long.

Values contradict desires.

The single actuality in this intersection is ‘my heart₂’.]

03/15/18

Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 KA

Summary of text [comment] page 83

The New Testament develops this theme.

The Son of God invites us to the service of his Father.

The Son of God challenges our bondage to elites whose demands can never be satisfied.

Instead, our service to YHWH is presented as an exercise of freedom.

03/14/18

Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 JZ

[In the graciousness of a Persian king, a remnant returned.

They built the second temple in Jerusalem.

Could this devotion be described as ‘bondage’?

No and yes.

No, the individual is ruled by YHWH.

Yes, the individual is ruled by an elite who claims to speak for God.]

03/13/18

Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 JY

[In Babylon, the exiles lost everything, except their values and their desires for YHWH.

In America, the exiles gained everything and lost their values and desires for YHWH.

What will happen now, once again, depends on Persia.]

03/12/18

Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 JX

Summary of text [comment] page 83

[How could this happen?

Their values_1b and their desires_1a were torn from their home.

YHWH told them that this would happen. Choose! Desire!

Babylon was the crucible of choice_1b. Babylon was the forge of desire_1a.]

03/9/18

Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 JW

[The Old Testament prophets held incredible expectations_3a. The whole of Israel should serve YHWH.

And they failed. The whole of Israel failed, and the heart of Judah was excised and removed to Babylon.]

03/8/18

Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 JV

[In the Old Testament, the Zeitgeist was full of the erotic and lurid gods of Canaan.

Can you hear the siren calls of the temple prostitutes?

Old Testament men of God are YHWH’s servants_3b.

They chose YHWH.

Their values overflowed their desires.]

03/7/18

Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 JU

[Each member of the tribe of Israel, is expected to choose_2b YHWH, thus revealing “her” values_1b.

But the challenge does not stop there.

Every child of Abraham, upon hearing the stories in Genesis, is called to ‘something_2a’ that reveals “her” desires.

If this ‘something_2a’ is anything other than YHWH, then all hell will break loose.

The vessel of “her” values_1b will fill with delusions appearing in the Zeitgeist_3a.

The vessel_1b formed when choosing YHWH will burst, in thought_3b(2b and deed_2b(1b)), leaving the wayward child of God trapped in the words_3a(2a that “she” takes to be real_2a and in bondage_2a(1a)) to the desires_1a that they call forth in “her”.]

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