"Doing" theology ought to be deep, creative, and awe-inspiring. Big
theological questions should be asked in the most genuinely helpful
manner. Often, and inevitably from a human perspective, we ask
questions such as "Why doesn't God...?" or "Why does God allow...?"
or, perhaps more appropriately, "What is the best way to conceive
of God through His engagement with creation?" In Real Divine
Insight and Human Consciousness, Andrew Bigg considers the logical
and eschatological consequences of the pivotal union of
"perspectives" in the Christian concept of Incarnation. The
systematic approach proceeds as "according to a whole," or both
theologically and scientifically relevant. We are aware, not least
through Biblical texts, that there is a divine viewpoint of
creation. The Bible says, "For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
nor are your ways my ways...For as the heavens are higher than the
earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than
your thoughts" (Isaiah 55:8-9). Furthermore, "the Lord does not see
as mortals see" (1 Samuel 16:7), and we even hear the charge "you
thought that I was one just like yourself" (Psalm 50:21). Humanity,
however, asks questions about God's "perspective," while God asks
rhetorical questions about human perspectives. In the Incarnation,
however, these conflicting perspectives are somehow established in
union with one another. From this divine-human perspective, Christ
asks His disciples the incisive opening question "What are you
looking for?," followed by the invitation "come and see" (John
1:37-39). Engaging theologically, learning what best to ask and how
best to ask it, is inseparable from a journey of formation,
preparation, and growth towards that ultimately shared
self-knowledge to which Christ's invitation directs us, pointing
towards a nuanced way of "seeing" and, eventually, "seeing
together."
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