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[What does this model of ‘my heart2’ reveal?
When ‘the normal context of responsibility’ mirrors ‘Yahweh’, then responsibility is co-opposed to freedom.
When ‘the normal context of words’ mirrors ‘Satan’, words are co-opposed to bondage.
The next blog puts it in a visual manner.]
[The single actuality consisting of ‘something2H and my choice2V’ is ‘my heart2’.
The intersection dramatically displays two co-oppositions:
The vertical co-opposition:
Thoughts3V(2V and deeds2V(1V))
The vertical nested form:
I, seat of choice3V( my choice2V and something2H( something1V))
The horizontal co-opposition:
Obligations3H(2H and exercises of the heart2H(1H))
The horizontal nested form:
Thought experiment3H( something2H and my choice2V( me1H))]
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’.]
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.
[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.]
[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.]
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[How could this happen?
Their values1b and their desires1a were torn from their home.
YHWH told them that this would happen. Choose! Desire!
Babylon was the crucible of choice1b. Babylon was the forge of desire1a.]
[The Old Testament prophets held incredible expectations3a. 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.]
