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The subject of God's General Revelation has in our day aroused agitated and even violent discussions, and the time when Reformed theology could take the distinction between general and special revelation for granted appears to be gone forever, says Professor Berkouwer. Does the distinction between general and special revelation, he asks, do justice to the unique and “once-for-all” character of...

not speak of “such earthly or heavenly revelations, but of the Power which is above all powers; not of the revelation of a divine Above or Below, but the revelation of God himself.”26 We do not face a reality differentiated from God, but we face God himself. He himself is revealed and this revelation “confronts the whole world of creatures, excellent beyond compare.”27 This revelation in Jesus Christ is the revelation of reconciliation. God through his Son comes to us in grace and reconciliation.
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