Not exact matches
Its systematic unity is provided by the trinitarian perspective: from the beginning, the
creation was
intended for «inclusion» in the triune community by virtue of union with Christ, the purpose being a «perfected
human community.»
Carey speaks of going «into all the world to preach the gospel to every creature» (i.e., to every
human being), rather than «to the whole
creation» as
intended by the Greek.
His good
creation was not
intended to function this way, but since He gave
humans, angels, and even animals (to a degree) the freedom to make genuine choices, we sometimes use this freedom in ways that are contrary to the will and desire of God, and when we do this, the forces of nature suffer the consequences, and chaos rages over the face of earth, wreaking havoc, destroying lives, and bringing destruction in its wake.
Jefferson's «self - evident» truths were deistic ones: The pursuit of happiness is understood to be what God
intended for
humans from the
creation, in contrast to traditional Christianity's understanding of the pre-eminent importance of glorifying God.
God
intended equality among men; but «private property, slavery, imperialism, the State itself, appear in post-Fall society as regulations of God to preserve nature, which is always being disrupted by sin».26 Justice thus appears as the rough, necessary, coerced order of
human societies which is not wholly antithetical to love, since it serves the purpose of God in the
creation and history.
The first section, 1 - 11,
intends to set the particular story of Israel against the background of all
creation and in the midst of universal
human existence.