THE EPIGENETIC MODEL IN REVELATION

The epigenetic model in revelation to the beliver and the unction of the holy spirit



The epigenetic model in revelation to the beliver and the unction of the holy spirit

Introduction

It is always the first definitions which are the most difficult. Here we have nothing to which we can refer, nothing from which we can draw deductions. We must not prove, but show; we must look and see. And just now I am very keenly conscious of the difficulty of speaking of initial principles.

The Epigenetic Model in Revelation

Revelation is a primordial fact, the initial gift of Christianity, of Christian life and faith. "But God hath revealed them unto us by His Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God... The things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God" (I Cor. 2:10-11). And again: "No man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost" (I Cor. 12:3). In our usual conception of Revelation there is a certain heterogeneity, even a certain ambiguity. And the first thing we have to do is to find out in what this heterogeneity consists, and how we are to set it aside. In a certain sense the whole world is the Revelation of God. The creation of the world is a revelation, "a manifestation of God," in "conceivable images." The whole world testifies of God, of His Wisdom, Mercy and Love. (Millard, 1992) This is generally named: "Revelation through Nature." This is Revelation in matter, so-to-say, the Revelation which is immanent in the very nature and essence of things; which is inscribed and implanted there. Above all, it exists in the nature of man himself; man, who was created and made in God's image and likeness. This is the "Law of God" ...