How far away is the Ineffable?
Less than zero inches.
"And he created all the human world from one blood, to inhabit over entire face of the earth, and He chose the seasons according to His commandments and consecrated the dwelling regions of humanity. So that they may love Allaha and be obedient, and from the [beginning of] creation they could find him, because He was never far from any of us. For through Him (his imagining) we live and function and exist, just as your wise men,* have said, 'Our nature is from Him (his imagining)'" (Acts 17: 26-28, Victor Alexander translation from the ancient Aramaic, v-a.com/bible, parentheses mine).
*17:28 Lit. Ar. idiomatic construction: "Like also people from your wise that with you.
I think Paul was trying to say that we are in the imagining of the Ineffable and thus have its, and His, nature. The full expression of that nature is what we are developing into.
"And he created all the human world from one blood, to inhabit over entire face of the earth, and He chose the seasons according to His commandments and consecrated the dwelling regions of humanity. So that they may love Allaha and be obedient, and from the [beginning of] creation they could find him, because He was never far from any of us. For through Him (his imagining) we live and function and exist, just as your wise men,* have said, 'Our nature is from Him (his imagining)'" (Acts 17: 26-28, Victor Alexander translation from the ancient Aramaic, v-a.com/bible, parentheses mine).
*17:28 Lit. Ar. idiomatic construction: "Like also people from your wise that with you.
I think Paul was trying to say that we are in the imagining of the Ineffable and thus have its, and His, nature. The full expression of that nature is what we are developing into.
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