Supersessionism has the focus all wrong. At least in Christianity supposedly replacing Judaism.The focus is not on how I, or my group, chooses to follow or respond, but on the Divine initiative or promise. The promise of the Divine (to love, to accompany, to save, to inhabit) is assured, is guaranteed. If it were not so for the “initial” group, why would the “next” group trust it? The challenge is interpret the varied manifestations.
Such a beautiful point, Bill. Thanks for sharing. Maybe another way to put it is, if we have the authority to erase a previous revelation, then what's to stop our own revelation from being similarly erased in the future? It destroys trust in the whole enterprise.
Supersessionism has the focus all wrong. At least in Christianity supposedly replacing Judaism.The focus is not on how I, or my group, chooses to follow or respond, but on the Divine initiative or promise. The promise of the Divine (to love, to accompany, to save, to inhabit) is assured, is guaranteed. If it were not so for the “initial” group, why would the “next” group trust it? The challenge is interpret the varied manifestations.
Such a beautiful point, Bill. Thanks for sharing. Maybe another way to put it is, if we have the authority to erase a previous revelation, then what's to stop our own revelation from being similarly erased in the future? It destroys trust in the whole enterprise.