will “for all men to be saved” (1 Tim 2:4) is achieved in such a way that, at the end of his work of creation, “God is all in all” (1 Cor 15:28). So we cannot avoid the final question: What does the entire work of creation and redemption mean to God? The question seems unanswerable. We cannot say that God only attains his ultimate fullness by involving himself with the world, that he needs the world, or that God’s goodness radiates forth of its very essence, so that it has to communicate itself.