of course, is a permanent, eternal reality. The Father knows the Son and the Son knows the Father, in the eternal context of the searching activity of the Holy Spirit (Matt. 11:27; 1 Cor. 2:10). After God has created the world, his activity toward the world is a reflection of his wisdom in Christ (Col. 2:3). He acts toward the world in a wise way. In his wisdom, he takes into account the contexts in which he acts. He acts in a way that is differentiated according to the context of the world. For
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