Douglas Hedley

The most incomprehensible fact of the universe is its comprehensibility. That's the Einsteinian thought.

The most incomprehensible fact of the universe is its comprehensibility. That's the Einsteinian thought.

So are you saying then that the microcosm, macrocosm structure is both significant anthropologically and in terms of the theology of the incarnation.

So are you saying then that the microcosm, macrocosm structure is both significant anthropologically and in terms of the theology of the incarnation.

This is the apocalyptic eschatological context and one might say mood, isn't it? So maybe this fits in with your setting the scene. Yeah. And this is a period when we know that there were these various groups emerging in this Jewish context. It's a symbolic prefiguring.

This is the apocalyptic eschatological context and one might say mood, isn't it? So maybe this fits in with your setting the scene. Yeah. And this is a period when we know that there were these various groups emerging in this Jewish context. It's a symbolic prefiguring.

It's not.

It's not.

And by the way, just on Dennis' point, I think actually it's fairly... fairly clear that, you know, this is the power of the highest. And that's a literal, very literal translation. And also that this is hagion, it's the holy thing. And then the huios theou, it is the son of God. So I think actually the... You see it again. This is not any human being.

And by the way, just on Dennis' point, I think actually it's fairly... fairly clear that, you know, this is the power of the highest. And that's a literal, very literal translation. And also that this is hagion, it's the holy thing. And then the huios theou, it is the son of God. So I think actually the... You see it again. This is not any human being.

Just two points. Great things from lowly beginning. Just about Augustus and whether fragile or endangered state of the child, Augustus is also... the emperor in this period of extraordinary stability for the Roman Empire. So it's also a good time for Jesus to be born because... Pax Romana. Exactly, exactly. So I think there's the tyrant element, the false deity, but also it's auspicious.

Just two points. Great things from lowly beginning. Just about Augustus and whether fragile or endangered state of the child, Augustus is also... the emperor in this period of extraordinary stability for the Roman Empire. So it's also a good time for Jesus to be born because... Pax Romana. Exactly, exactly. So I think there's the tyrant element, the false deity, but also it's auspicious.

And the second point about his vulnerability, but again, the emphasis on David... This is the Davidic house, so it's in a manger. There's no room in the inn, but the emphasis again, this is the true successor of David.

And the second point about his vulnerability, but again, the emphasis on David... This is the Davidic house, so it's in a manger. There's no room in the inn, but the emphasis again, this is the true successor of David.