Look at the irony of the statement that we can somehow "kill" the "author of Life." Who do we think we are? If the consequences of this way of thinking weren't so severe it would be downright funny. To think that one can kill the author of life is maybe the ultimate expression of pride.
In Psalms 2 it says that the one enthroned in heaven "laughs". This may be a bit of a hermeneutical stretch, but I can just see God shaking his head and laughing and saying, "those pathetic and impotent human beings. Do they think they can really kill me? Wow, do they need to repent." The amazing thing about our Lord is that the response of God isn't to just smite us (which we deserve), but the call goes out in Acts 3:19 to "Repent, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord....."
So, when you are around people who have the mindset that God, the author of Life, is somehow dead, remember that this does not rattle God. He just smiles and laughs. But, woe to the person who doesn't repent.
Antinomies are fun and the Incarnation is the best one. How about when the Mother of God was pregnant? She held within her womb that which cannot be contained. Same with the manger. OR how about the nature of the hypostatic union itself? How do you get three persons of the Trinity into one little body... that at the same time is the eternal expression of the Word born in time?
ReplyDeleteAlso, I would contend that God is dead to most people in Western society (esp. Western Europe) as Nietzsche said and it is our job to enliven Him again in their hearts and minds. (Of course, to contend that God is alive we must assert that we are not and if we are alive then God is not. Apophatic theology FTW!)
As for your interpretation, it seems like there needs to be a broader scope before putting such a dangerous anthropomorphism onto God. ;)