And God said, “Let the water teem with living creatures.…” And God said, “Let the land produce living creatures.…” Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, in our likeness.” (Gen. 1:3–26) Thus the universe itself was spoken into being. God is no mere object but a Person—and in the mystery of the Trinity a relationship of Persons—who in an incomprehensibly transcendent way thinks, feels, reflects, and communicates. Moreover, just as one cannot separate one’s language from oneself, God’s Word—
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