{"id":52577,"date":"2019-03-31T17:48:06","date_gmt":"2019-03-31T14:48:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=52577"},"modified":"2019-03-31T20:00:57","modified_gmt":"2019-03-31T17:00:57","slug":"divine-human-partnership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/divine-human-partnership\/","title":{"rendered":"Divine-Human Partnership"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[281],"tags":[],"acf":{"old_id":"52577","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":39778,"related_cahpter":"2005","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_create_date":"","old_url":"","post_main_content":{"description":"Genesis 18:17 - \"Now the LORD had said, 'Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do?'\"","content":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What is the human relationship with the divine, philosophers ask? Is God a clockmaker, who created us but now leaves us be? Is God an involved parent, who cares for us and dictates rules but is also the big boss, far removed from caring about our input? The first view is Deism, while the second is espoused by some Jewish (and non-Jewish) theologians.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This verse suggests a superior alternative. In the preceding verses, Abraham had been speaking to his three visitors; in the two verses that follow, the Divine thought is concluded with an explanation that Abraham is chosen and will lead the world in justice and righteousness. This verse, an unassuming rhetorical question, might get lost between the fireworks of the surrounding text.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, this verse says something powerful and profound. The ideal relationship between the Divine and the chosen people is one of partnership. God reveals God\u2019s plan to Abraham because Abraham is God\u2019s partner and steward of the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cShall I hide?\u201d asks God, setting up a question that must be answered with a resounding \u201cno!\u201d The foundation of our relationship with God is that God reveals truths to us, and we conduct ourselves accordingly. We are God\u2019s partner, just as Abraham was.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In our era, there are no new disclosures. Instead, we have this revealed text, a blueprint for everything we need to be God\u2019s stewards in the world. God has disclosed to us sensitive information because we are not subservient children. We are worthy of revelation and empowered to act with agency \u2013 even if that agency means that we, like Abraham, may find ourselves challenging and questioning God.<\/span><\/p>\n","image":false,"embedded_video":"","video_duration":"","show_fb_comments":true,"credit_media":""},"tile":{"top_caption":"Jews\/Verses\/Tanakh","main_caption":"Divine-Human Partnership","main_caption_size":"1","sub_caption":"Genesis 18:17 - \"Now the LORD had said, 'Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do?'\"","preview_embedded":"","preview_image":false,"preview_video":"","external_link":"","link_for_pay":false,"tile_gallery_items":false,"credits":""},"alternate_tile":{"top_caption":"","main_caption":"","main_caption_size":"1","sub_caption":"","hide_media":false},"tile_group":{"preview_image_url":false,"main_caption":"","sub_caption":"","":null,"popup_package_extra_content":"","read_time":""},"home_color":"","home_gallery_top":"","home_gallery_middle":"","home_gallery_book":"","home_gallery_bottom":"","seo":{"seo_title":"","seo_description":"","seo_default_title":"","seo_default_description":""},"links":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52577"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52577"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52577\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52681,"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52577\/revisions\/52681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}