Panel: UNION WITH CHRIST IN BIBLICAL, HISTORICAL, AND THEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE



493.2 - LIVING AND SACRED SPACES: THE ONTOLOGY OF SPACE BASED ON OUR UNION WITH THE INCARNATED AND ASCENDED CHRIST

AUTHORS:
Santoso A. (International Reformed Evangelical Seminary ~ Jakarta ~ Indonesia)
Text:
Although the special relativity of space and time has been theorized more than a hundred years ago, the common perception persists that space is the container of all things. How should we conceive about space properly in a triune manner, especially based on the fact of Christ's incarnation and ascension? By employing the accommodation model based on John Calvin's theology, we see a non-abstracted notion of space relevant to God's presence. Thus, it is a sacred space yet viable for human beings right from the original design in our protological state and to be fulfilled in our eschatological state. This future glorified space won't be empty but instead filled, to be experienced as a living space. The key to this future claim kindles hope based on the promise of Immanuel by the ascended Christ through the indwelling of the Spirit.