Written by J. Ryan Lister, a contemporary professor of theology and author.
To understand God in full we must recognize that his drawing near to creation stems from his being distinct from creation. In other words, there is no deficiency in God that creation satisfies. The Lord doesn’t relate to this world because he lacks something within himself. No, God draws near out of the abundance of who he is. God’s transcendence distinguishes him from the created order and puts things in their right perspective. God does not come to us needy and wanting, but rather he comes to “revive the spirit of the lowly and the heart of the contrite” (Isa 57:15). It is the holy and righteous One above who restores the broken and needy below.
The Lord is God in the heavens above [transcendent] and on the earth beneath [immanent] [Joshua 2:11]
The Lord Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. [Psalm 46:7]
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God is Immanent Because He is Transcendent
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