From a theological point of view, mankind is thought to be (ontologically speaking) made in the image and likeness (greek>eikon from which we derive the english>icon meaning “resemblance”) of the Eternal Godhead yet with one infinitely challenging distinction; we do not possess omniscience, omnipotence, nor omnipresence. In other words, mankind does not possess the “Absolute Encompassing” knowledge, power, nor presence of Eternal Deity (hebrew>Elohim) because we are spirits sent through the matrix of created time and are therefore subject to the schisms, divisions, splits, and fragmentations which are concomitant symbols of the human experience. Profoundly, the Eternal Godhead is the “Power of Being” from which all life emerges (aseity) and mankind is the mortal life (hebrew>neshamah/nishmah) which has appeared in created time. Mankind is void of the “All Encompassing” aspect of the “Divine Attributes” displayed by the Eternal Godhead and therefore must encounter the “Questions of Life” as a means of opening the human spirit to the reception of “Divine Revelation”. The “Questions of Life” become the symbols of the reality of mankind’s existential state and of our limitations because of created time. Critical to note is the understanding that the “Questions of Life” are not bound by the diverse ethnicities and cultures of the “Nations” because they are not predicated upon mankind understanding our world (communal setting) in and of itself; they are predicated upon mankind understanding our world void of the presence and power of the Eternal Godhead. For this reason, the manifestation and reception of “Divine Revelation” by mankind becomes the “Answering Theology” of the Eternal Godhead to the “Questions of Life”. Answering Theology refers to the way in which Divine Revelation acts upon the spirit of mankind to answer the Questions of life that have been created out of lived human experience. Answering Theology also refers to the way in which Divine Revelation acts against all disobedience, unrighteousness, and wickedness onset by the deathly amalgamation of humanism and satanism in a world that is divided in its conscience. This is what makes the word of the Lord true when it says: “For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds;- Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;- And having a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled). The conscientious divide amongst mankind is the direct result of spiritual disobedience as it relates to the reception of Divine Revelation as the Answering Theology to the Questions of life. Mankind in every generation is halted between two realities and consequently receives proper judgment based upon Divine Truth issued forth as command by the Eternal Godhead. The two symbols for this proper judgment are “Eternal Life” and “Eternal Damnation” which are concomitant of two realities in the human conscience, “Eternal Light” and “Eternal Darkness”. From the Genesis of mankind’s creation upon the earth and their subsequent fall from innocence, mankind has had to deal with the spiritual estrangement we experience (from the Eternal Godhead) as a result of disobeying the original command of the Lord not to consume the knowledge of good and evil. It is mankind’s continuous consumption of the knowledge of good and evil at the disobeying of the Lord’s original command that keeps us in a continuous state of spiritual bondage (the symbol for this is “estrangement”) and constantly bound to the Questions of Life that blind us from seeing the eternal truth of Divine Revelation as set forth by the “Word of God”. Holiness is the radix (latin> meaning root) of the eternal truth of Divine Revelation and must be embraced and encountered through obedience for every human spirit seeking to be free from the tyranny of the Questions of Life (symbol for the unknown context of various aspects of human experience). The Answering Theology of Divine Revelation is the liberating power from the unknown context of various aspects of human experience, i.e. the Questions of Life. From the power of Divine Truth, the word of God shines forth when it emphatically states: “Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God”. To be holy or not to be holy? This is the preeminent question which requires the preeminent answer. (Another Oil Point from Theology Nation)
– Bishop Dr. Guy A. Cox