So, in regards to "actuality", it can be said that God has no latency within His essence. This means that He does not put aside any aspect of His Being to be enacted upon only when He chooses to do so. All of Who He is, is always enacted. This is termed actualization-actively being what One can be.
Also, God is not a compartmentalized Being. He does not have components His Being. He does not have a part of Himself that is love, another that is omnipotence, another that is holy, etc. His essence always all of these "attributes" because His essence is One substance that is totally unified. Therefore, His attributes are expressions of His One unified essence. He is pure Being.
With these ideas in mind, God expresses all that He is through this One essence. He can never be more or less loving or wrathful. He cannot set His wrath aside in order to be loving. These would involve a change in Himself, which is impossible. God never changes. He never ceases to express Himself totally. This is because He is infinitely and completely perfect.
In relating this idea of being a totally actualized Being to the Leviticus text here, Jesus has always been the Son of God and God always the Father. Jesus has eternally been the sacrifice that both expiates (pays the debt) and satisfies the wrath of God for our sins. ....continued
To tag on to last night's posts on this section:
It is said that God is total actuality. This refers to the fact that since He:
never changes
is complete within Himself
is infinitely perfect in His Being
cannot add anything to His essential Being
cannot remove anything from His essential Being
cannot improve Himself in any way
can never be limited in His perfections
has not potential for becoming more perfect
eternally exercises all of Who He is
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So, in regards to "actuality", it can be said that God has no latency within His essence. This means that He does not put aside any aspect of His Being to be enacted upon only when He chooses to do so. All of Who He is, is always enacted. This is termed actualization-actively being what One can be.
Also, God is not a compartmentalized Being. He does not have components His Being. He does not have a part of Himself that is love, another that is omnipotence, another that is holy, etc. His essence always all of these "attributes" because His essence is One substance that is totally unified. Therefore, His attributes are expressions of His One unified essence. He is pure Being.
With these ideas in mind, God expresses all that He is through this One essence. He can never be more or less loving or wrathful. He cannot set His wrath aside in order to be loving. These would involve a change in Himself, which is impossible. God never changes. He never ceases to express Himself totally. This is because He is infinitely and completely perfect.
In relating this idea of being a totally actualized Being to the Leviticus text here, Jesus has always been the Son of God and God always the Father. Jesus has eternally been the sacrifice that both expiates (pays the debt) and satisfies the wrath of God for our sins. ....continued
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