The Creative Extrusion
A Representational Study of the Opening of the Book of Romans
Copyright, J. Michael Strawn
Introduction…
Traditionally we have seen the book of Romans as Paul’s exposition on the relationship between grace and law, between faith and works as a means of achieving salvation. While that major theme is unquestionably addressed in this epistle, a representational reading of it allows us to mine great riches from it as well.
The book of Romans is the infusion of the thought and intentions of God into a Gentile worldview; or more properly, into a Gentile cosmology. This cosmology had formed the framework of the way they thought about everything, and God was calling them out of it into absolute obedience to Him.
Cogent to this discussion is the idea of antipodes. This word has been used historically to describe sites on opposite sides of the globe; and is used here to describe elements that are correlative (have an inherent connection or relationship) but incommensurable (in the sense that they cannot ever be equated or related to one another except as opposites.)
Another important term used in this discussion is “prefix”. In grammar, a prefix is the first meaningful element of a word, and has the power to change or modify the syllables that follow it. In this discussion, it is used to depict pre-existing conditions of a mental or spiritual nature that affect those things which follow.
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