The Sovereignty of the Spirit

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What we see in Scripture is an expanding circle of deaths and resurrections: an old sanctuary and nation is deconstructed in order that its pieces might be reconstituted in a new way. It is fascinating that the center of the Book of Kings is the reconstitution of the remnant of Israel to the north, rather than the drama of the dynasty of David. We see that the prophetic “movement” arises in the north and then spreads from there to the south. Even the first of the writing prophets- Amos- was from the south and moved to the north to carry out his prophetic word. The prophetic era of human history always pertains to transformation and reconstitution. Priests and kings are the main players during normative history: in which a body is sustained through these two institutions. The king forms the social body of the nation and the priesthood links that body to God. A prophet represents an irruption of divine life into history from the outside, an interruption of the usual cause-effect structure of human history. The prophet, therefore, manifests the sovereignty of God over history and expresses His role as Great King and director of all our human affairs.