tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13958708.post2249728245058323246..comments2024-03-28T13:18:18.245-07:00Comments on Foster's Theological Reflections: Mystery and the TrinityEdgar Fosterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00280475259670777653noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13958708.post-40316207254290006512016-06-12T11:48:45.913-07:002016-06-12T11:48:45.913-07:00http://www.jstor.org/stable/3260467?seq=1#page_sca...http://www.jstor.org/stable/3260467?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents<br /><br />http://biblicalstudies.org.uk/pdf/myers/moore.pdf<br /><br /><br />There are those who claim that Matthew 5:17-20 is written in a similar vain.Duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14509064648619505383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13958708.post-74959127937326611442016-06-11T19:32:58.784-07:002016-06-11T19:32:58.784-07:00Regarding Mk 4:12, that is an open question in NT/...Regarding Mk 4:12, that is an open question in NT/Markan scholarship. Check out the literature on Mk 4:11-12. Not saying that I agree with all that's been said on these verses, but an examination of the original text suggests some ambiguity there. <br /><br />On Rev. 10:7: people like Ware would say that anytime God reveals a "mystery" (a misleading term in English), there is a residue of "gloom and darkness" that remains. Even with Rev. 10:7, Witnesses have traditionally believed that the finished "mystery" is only the start of a movement towards the eschaton. Cf. Rev. 11:15-19.Edgar Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280475259670777653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13958708.post-24562866978570912622016-06-11T15:16:25.075-07:002016-06-11T15:16:25.075-07:00Rev 10:7 still indicates that at some future time ...Rev 10:7 still indicates that at some future time this mystery will be completely revealed.Duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14509064648619505383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13958708.post-51655400609909103222016-06-11T15:13:18.294-07:002016-06-11T15:13:18.294-07:00The end of mark 4:12 is the interesting phrase. Di...The end of mark 4:12 is the interesting phrase. Did Jesus not want them to understand?Duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14509064648619505383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13958708.post-42400213949517770092016-06-10T17:54:17.965-07:002016-06-10T17:54:17.965-07:00https://books.google.com/books?id=cKdZ9ePfl6IC&...https://books.google.com/books?id=cKdZ9ePfl6IC&pg=PA85&dq=mysterion+new+testament&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiBl5K04J7NAhVLWh4KHcaiBTcQ6AEILTAB#v=onepage&q=mysterion%20new%20testament&f=false <br /><br />The link has a useful definition for musterion. I guess Ware wants to claim that even though God discloses himself, thus unveiling the "mystery," some of the mystery remains after the divine unveiling. See Mark 4:11; Revelation 10:7.<br /><br />Not that I necessarily agree with Ware, but merely trying to understand his view.Edgar Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280475259670777653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13958708.post-46550393040211777882016-06-10T12:13:42.867-07:002016-06-10T12:13:42.867-07:00Dan 2:19 lxx - ο μυστήριον απεκαλύφθηDan 2:19 lxx - ο μυστήριον απεκαλύφθηDuncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14509064648619505383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13958708.post-58305005790737026932016-06-10T11:55:29.572-07:002016-06-10T11:55:29.572-07:00"revealed for our understanding," - sure..."revealed for our understanding," - surely once one person understand he should be able to communicate it to all. As this has not actually happened, it sounds like the language of the gnostic texts.Duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14509064648619505383noreply@blogger.com