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God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)

The aesthetic experience of God, the encounter of the human soul with divine beauty, is more than merely enjoyable, it is profoundly transforming. There is within it the power to persuade and to convince the inquiring mind of truth. This may well be the Spirit’s greatest catalyst for change. Paul alluded to this in 2 Corinthians 3:18 when he said, “We all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being changed into His likeness from one degree of glory to another.” The point is that what we see is what we be! We do not simply behold beauty: beauty takes hold of us and challenges the allegiance of our hearts. Beauty calls us to reshape our lives and exposes the shabbiness of our conduct. It awakens us to the reality of a transcendent Being to whose likeness of beauty we are being called and conformed by His gracious initiative. Beauty has the power to dislodge from our hearts the grip of moral and spiritual ugliness. The soul’s engagement with beauty elicits love and forges in us a new affection that no earthly power can overcome.
Sam Storms

General Revelation in Scripture [verses] Special Revelation in Scripture: Only condemns/Condemns and redeems. Harmonizes with special revelation but provides no new material/Not only enhances and explains in detail the content of general revelation but also goes significantly beyond that explanation. In its perceived message needs to be confirmed by Scripture/Is self-authenticating and self-confirming in its claim to be God’s Word. Needs to be interpreted in light of special revelation/Needs no other revelation to be interpreted since it interprets itself. Is never equated with Scripture by Scripture/Has no peer.
John MacArthur

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    תְהִלִּים 148
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    1 הללו יה הללו את יהוה מן השמים הללוהו במרומים׃
    2 הללוהו כל מלאכיו הללוהו כל צבאו׃
    3 הללוהו שמש וירח הללוהו כל כוכבי אור׃
    4 הללוהו שמי השמים והמים אשר מעל השמים׃
    5 יהללו את שם יהוה כי הוא צוה ונבראו׃
    6 ויעמידם לעד לעולם חק נתן ולא יעבור׃
    7 הללו את יהוה מן הארץ תנינים וכל תהמות׃
    8 אש וברד שלג וקיטור רוח סערה עשה דברו׃
    9 ההרים וכל גבעות עץ פרי וכל ארזים׃
    10 החיה וכל בהמה רמש וצפור כנף׃
    11 מלכי ארץ וכל לאמים שרים וכל שפטי ארץ׃
    12 בחורים וגם בתולות זקנים עם נערים׃
    13 יהללו את שם יהוה כי נשגב שמו לבדו הודו על ארץ ושמים׃
    14 וירם קרן לעמו תהלה לכל חסידיו לבני ישראל עם קרבו הללו יה׃
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