"The doctrine of the Trinity declares -

and that is the point it stands up for on its fighting front -

that and how far

He who reveals Himself to man according to the witness of Scripture

can be our God,

that and how far

He can be our God."

 

 

Like a compacted gem of enigmatic Zen poetry, Barth pursues the truth of the Trinitarian love of God, aware he will never find, and even if he could would never find the words, to adequately explain, extol or adore the mystery. But mystery or not, Barth has unabashed confidence that this God of love and mystery, of distance and nearness, of transcendent power and inexhaustible love, this God is for us.

And this Lord can be our God,

He can meet us and unite us to Himself

because He is God in these thrtee modes of existence

as Father, Son and Spirit,

because creation, reconciliation, redemption,

the entire being, language and action,

in which he wills to be our God,

is grounded and typified in His own essence,

in His goodness itself."

(Quoted from German original in Karl Barth,  David Mueller, Peabody: Hendrickson, 1972, page 69)

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