Biblical Perspectives, Vol. 24 No. 1-2, 2016.
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Triune God Revealed in the Three Biblical Meganaratives
Dragutin Matak
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Abstract
The work of this scope can only be an introduction to such an important and comprehensive topic. It is only a suggestion and an idea how to approaching the study of the most important Biblical themes the doctrine of God. Following are the main claims (theses) which I believe this book supports:
1. God deserves our deep respect. He insists on the distraction between His creatures and Himself. 2. Because of the influence of Greek philosophical thought, the church fathers wrote theology with one hand while the other, biblical, was tied to their backs. 3 According to the Jewish-Christian worldview and the biblical context, God is always revealed only with salvific intentions, in three biblical big stories. 4. Questions, Who is the first in the Trinity, who second, or third? What is the nature of God? Who comes from whom? - are not biblical, but neoplatonistic. 5. Scripture reveals the “nature” of God and His personality, but only in the context of God's love and the Spirit. While God is saving us it is ruthless to count His red blood cells instead of giving Him respect and gratification.
Keywords
God; Holy Trinity; Triune God; Monotheism; Theism
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Publication date:
11.3.2016.
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