Third, special revelation is intelligible only in the context of general revelation. God reveals Himself in His handiwork and in personal communication. The artist and the architect, in fact all of us, tell something about ourselves in what we do. Whether a person’s desk is neat or messy reveals something about that individual. An artist also communicates in words to his family and friends, and those words go beyond simply letting his work speak for him. So God reveals Himself in the splendor and