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Theophany: A Biblical Theology of God’s Appearing is unavailable, but you can change that!

Each time God appears to his people throughout the Bible—in the form of a thunderstorm, a man, a warrior, a chariot, etc.—he comes to a specific person for a specific purpose. And each of these temporary appearances—called theophanies—helps us to better understand who he is, anticipating his climactic, permanent self-revelation in the incarnation of Christ. Describing the various accounts of...

sweep of history but also the smallest bits of history, including the story of each one of our lives, and the details in these stories, because God is present in the details. God is present in every verse of the Bible, because it is his word—it is what he speaks. But in addition, God has included in the Bible the specific theme of his presence, and he teaches us about this theme in order that we may grow in understanding him, in understanding his purposes, and in understanding ourselves as included
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