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Shinae Wyckoff
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“The metaphors of pathway and refuge shape the experience of Israel, historically and individually… in psalm 77…God’s deliverance and guidance of Israel with a “strong arm (v 15) serves as both precedent and motivation for the individual’s petition for rescue and sustenance. [it is a] strikingly cosmic yet personal focus.…”
— Dec 19, 2023 05:41PM
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Shinae Wyckoff
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PATH:
“YHWH comes”. God comes to save & to judge, to deliver and to preserve, as well as to indwell and reign. In the world of struggle and injustice, God’s “coming” is the necessary complement to God‘s “reigning”, for it affirms that all is not yet right with the world. God’s “paths“ and “refuge”, thus signal 2 complementary poles of divine activity: God’s movement and God’s indwelling.
— Oct 14, 2023 07:00AM
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“YHWH comes”. God comes to save & to judge, to deliver and to preserve, as well as to indwell and reign. In the world of struggle and injustice, God’s “coming” is the necessary complement to God‘s “reigning”, for it affirms that all is not yet right with the world. God’s “paths“ and “refuge”, thus signal 2 complementary poles of divine activity: God’s movement and God’s indwelling.
Shinae Wyckoff
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Pathway and refuge - interrelated but not the same
“Like wisdom, or tôrâ, “path” is something taught (psalm 27:11), studied (101:2), and revealed (16:9)… “Refuge”, by contrast, is neither revealed nor taught; it is, rather, a domain of existence established by and identified with God.”
— Sep 20, 2023 06:42PM
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“Like wisdom, or tôrâ, “path” is something taught (psalm 27:11), studied (101:2), and revealed (16:9)… “Refuge”, by contrast, is neither revealed nor taught; it is, rather, a domain of existence established by and identified with God.”
