The God who speaks and shows Himself is not a God who
explains Himself.
Think of Job. For 40+ chapters Job accuses God and asks God
to explain Himself. When God does appear, He does not give Job an explanation.
Instead He confronts Job and asks Him, in effect, ‘why do you think you deserve
an explanation?’
Why does God act like this?
An explanation is a relational substitute for trust and the
Bible makes it clear that in the Divine-Human relationship, God maximally
values trust.
God gives us enough information to know that He has an
explanation, even if we can’t know the explanation (e.g. He explains how sin
entered the world and how it impacted the created order; He also promises that
all will ultimately be remade).
God gives us enough to be able to trust Him, then He invites
us to trust Him. If we can’t accept a God that reveals Himself without
explaining Himself, we cannot be Christians.
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