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12.26.2010

A trinity of correlations from Bavinck

In Christianity you have theophany, prophecy, and miracles.

The adulterated forms of these things in the world are: obsession, mantic, and magic.

A theophany is, of course, the appearance to humans of God (any appearance of God made to man is the Second Person of the Trinity, i.e. the Son; in the Old Testament times He appeared as an angel - Angel of the Lord - or a pillar of fire or smoke, etc.; then of course in the New Testament times He incarnated as a human being).

So 'obsession' correlates to theophany in this way: obsessions are formed for celebrity or famous people. Think rock stars and actors. In other times think famous romantic poets or composers. Also, political leaders. Also religious leaders too. The obsession given them is similar to the worship due to God.

Prophecy is obvious. The worldly correlation to prophecy - mantic - is a word that basically correlates to modern day psychics and subjects like astrology. Contacting spirits or the dead and so forth. All that. [It should be added, and this just came to me, that since theophany, prophecy, and miracles are all in the category of special revelation there should also be listed a worldly, adulterated form of the Word of God, special revelation par excellence. That correlation is any kind of writing that is taken as holy and authoritative. The Book of Urantia, the Koran, the Book of Mormon, Mein Kampf (for some people at one time), Mao's Little Red Book, the writings of Marx, etc. Even purported conversations with angels put in written form. All that is the adulterated, worldly version of the real thing which is the Living Word of God, the Old and New Testaments.]

Miracles are obvious. Miracles were performed at various times of the history of redemption, not just by God. They are recorded in the Bible. Magic pretends to accomplish the same.

So there you have it, a trinity of correlations between the Truth and the adulteration of the Truth in the world. Or, how a fake version of the Truth plays out in the Kingdom of Satan.

Posted by c.t. at 12/26/2010

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