Revealing the character and purpose of God
What’s the Bible for? We asked dozens of writers to respond to this question in seven words or less, as well as to expand on their response in a few sentences. To see all of the responses together as they are posted, bookmark this page.
Revealing the character and purpose of God
God’s character is for the three Trinitarian persons to be utterly with one another; God’s purpose is for us likewise to be with the Trinity, one another and the creation. In the exile, Israel realizes that God’s true purpose is with (solidarity) rather than for (granting immediate blessing). The early church witnessed this same transition: the incarnate, crucified Jesus definitively reveals the God whose character and purpose are to be with us always, whatever happens.
