ontological Trinity, and against any suggestion that it is only the freedom of God that is at stake here, a number of points can be made. The first derives from Barth’s argument that if God is truly revealed in Jesus Christ, then that is what he is like eternally. God does not lie or play us false. Another point is that a distinction between God’s reality and that of the world serves the world’s interest. The doctrine of the eternal Trinity serves as a foundation for the relative independence and