tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6547653347296107692.post5695513045861736439..comments2024-01-09T12:59:32.666+01:00Comments on Narrative and Ontology: My take on "verbal revelation"Phil Sumpterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16491514886782881340noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6547653347296107692.post-26413807031333948832008-11-29T22:48:00.000+01:002008-11-29T22:48:00.000+01:00Phil - thanks for the continuing conversation. In ...Phil - thanks for the continuing conversation. In some ways, I think that is what God has going with humanity through revelation - a continuing conversation. The curious reference to Christ and Moses in chapter 11 of Hebrews raises for me an insight into the present of God in all time: that this God can be represented as anointing, and the sacramental aspect that goes with it (Psalm 133).<BR/><BR/>On the subject of this post - I wonder if the restriction to "specific places: cultic centres and ultimately the temple" is a response of priestly religious control on those pesky singers and dancers and vergers represented by Korah or even David (and his dancing before the ark Psalm 132) in fact, all the writers of the psalms. They are not limited in place (Psalm 4:4, 149:5). True - we can, as Hebrews does, reinterpret as Christ crucified the meeting place symbolized for that writer in the mercy seat of the tabernacle. So also to avoid rabid individualism we must find a way to interpret the 'place where I will make my Name to dwell' when the visible temple that manages more than one worshiper is not apparent.Bob MacDonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11335631079939764763noreply@blogger.com