It s all quite extraordinary imagery and lesson, one might even say very un-religious kind of practice. Biblical revelation is a personal category of encounter, a biblical knowing , not just a classroom study. It is transformation more than just education. This is very different from mere revelation of ideas. We are involved in a personal encounter in the Bible.
Vulnerability is therefore much more important than mere intelligence.
As Martin Buber, the Jewish philosopher, put it, all real living is meeting . The fact is, you never do know. You only seek, hope, trust and seek again, which is probably why most of us prefer words to faith. That s exactly why the Word became flesh. Jesus never seems to judge people by the mere words they say, or even by what group they belong to, but by the very quality of their being, their spirit.