The deluded ideologists of Realpolitik notwithstanding, the «hard» realities of American - Israel relations are ideas about chosenness, destiny, messianic promise, and a people that, however imperfectly,
participates in the holiness of the land that Christians call holy.
All human beings are called to
participate in the holiness of God.
To be holy is to
participate in the holiness of Jesus who is «the way, the truth, and the life» (John 14:6).
Therefore, the created world is advised to transcend these differences to celebrate the holiness of time and thereby
participating in the holiness of God.
Not exact matches
Sexual relationships between a husband and a wife can
participate in the meaning of communion that reaches the edges of
holiness and has something of the nature of a sacrament about it.
The biblical concept of
holiness is equivalent to the idea of being whole, and so should our understanding of ways we can
participate in God's work of justice, both
in our local communities and
in the global community.
That round of discussions called our attention to the
holiness that is proper to God alone but
in which human beings are called to
participate.