tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13625848.post5467650197541423275..comments2023-12-29T05:22:40.380-05:00Comments on Exegetical Thoughts and Biblical Theology: Defining Holiness: Where to start?PhilipBrownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09054435375764132992noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13625848.post-51402932091003360422008-07-27T08:37:00.000-04:002008-07-27T08:37:00.000-04:00Hi, Jason,I appreciate your focus. A couple of tho...Hi, Jason,<BR/><BR/>I appreciate your focus. A couple of thoughts come immediately to mind.<BR/><BR/>1. Jesus <I>is</I> God's full self-revelation, but we do not see/hear all of Jesus by reading the NT. <BR/><BR/>I take Luke 24:44-45 as Jesus' prescribed hermeneutic for understanding Him as God's full self-revelation. He cannot be understood properly without beginning with the Torah and working through the prophets and writings ("psalms"). Jesus instructed us to seek understanding of his person and work as revealed in the NT by way of the trajectory God establishes in the OT.<BR/><BR/>2. Since the Father's holiness is identical to the Son's holiness, to read of one is to read of the other. I <I>am</I> starting with Jesus when I start in the OT.<BR/><BR/>Those are at least two of my a priori's in this study.<BR/><BR/>Blessings,<BR/>PhilPhilip Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07999096964733560733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13625848.post-32499037666152950002008-07-26T22:47:00.000-04:002008-07-26T22:47:00.000-04:00Hello, Phil. It seems to me one element of your s...Hello, Phil. It seems to me one element of your study on holiness hinges on "<I>If</I> we take the canonical order of the Torah as His chosen starting point for preserving His revelation for our understanding..." Yes, it is where God started--but does that necessarily mean it is the best place for <I>us</I> to start?<BR/><BR/>The Old Testament is, on one level, the story of God preparing a people through which to bless the nations. The Torah is the story of God <I>beginning</I> to reveal himself to fallen humanity.<BR/><BR/>We are Christians who have God's <I>full</I> self-revelation in <BR/>Jesus Christ. Why should we start with anything other than Jesus, God incarnate, when seeking to understand holiness?<BR/><BR/>If I misunderstand your direction, please forgive me!jason millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00777639640082565199noreply@blogger.com