tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post3908090169327712679..comments2024-03-27T15:47:46.091-05:00Comments on Pastoral Meanderings: The Visiting Mechanic View of the AtonementPastor Petershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10653554256101480140noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-40074533028799055772010-11-12T11:32:53.306-06:002010-11-12T11:32:53.306-06:00As always, the problem is balance, between immanen...As always, the problem is balance, between immanence and transcendence.<br /><br />God IS near (immanent), as near as your own beating heart. I don't mean in some mystical/spiritual way; we are baptized into Christ, and He has sent His Spirit into us.<br /><br />God is far (transcendent). He is high and holy. He is as the liberals were wont to say, totally other.<br /><br />So the perennial problem for we puny, sinful/justified mortals is to have both the fear and awe of this huge and holy God along with the God who is as close as our own skin. <br /><br />This takes place every Sunday in the Divine Service. Our Holy, transcendent God deigns to come at our bidding and be immanent among us. His Son feeds us a foretaste of the feast to come, when He will be truly both: Immanent and Transcendent.Janis Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02947508427040251166noreply@blogger.com