in terms of a gradual unfolding of biblical truths which began quite vague, but slowly, little by little, came to be understood in absolute clarity. Revelation is thus progressive in a theological sense as well as in a historical sense. Each new revelation was like a turn of the knob on a pair of binoculars which would eventually change the initial blurred vision of the seer to the point of crystal clarity.8 The implications of the progressive character of God’s revelation has direct bearing on