guiding the whole of creation back to the objective he decreed for it: the glory of his name.40 Bavinck’s theology of nature and grace is also christological. In words strongly reminiscent of Oliver O’Donovan’s statement that resurrection is the reaffirmation of creation, he asserts, “The resurrection is the fundamental restoration of all culture.”41 “The bodily resurrection of Christ from the dead is conclusive proof that Christianity does not adopt a hostile attitude toward anything human or natural,
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