MINDBLOWING!! For me this was highly radicle and to Ms Mburu's point that theology is being viewed through the unique cultural experience of people and this now offering a different perspective was so insightful. I am deeply challenged and motivated to think deeper and wider as I read, understand and apply scripture.
25 years ago I heard Kevin Vanhoozer say we need people from all different cultures reading the Bible so we can fully understand what it says. I thought he advocated this because he holds to J Frame's perspectivalism. (The only reason Vanhoozer went to Westminster was to study under Frame and the semester he got there turned out to be the semester Frame began at Westminster California.) There are at least 3 links between biblical revelation and cultures. First, God himself - he does not change. Second, man - we all possess the same human nature and therefore in our depravity will all devise basically the same erroneous philosophies etc and share the same fallen desires. Third, sanctification - God is conforming all of his elect to the same image, the image of Christ, so as we grow in him, our minds will be renewed by faith and we should find greater commonalities. After all, there is but one faith (Eph 4; 2 Tim 1:13-14; 2 Pet 1:1; Jd 3). I thought things that were said here illustrated my point, e.g., people want the practical, the here-and-now. If a culture does not normally think about the future, those who come to faith will mature in their faith and think about the future - heaven - because the hope of biblical faith is eschatological/heavenly ... we see this from the beginning in Genesis and Job.
Being in the UK, I've found it challenging to share a belief/theology that acknowledges the spiritual realm, i.e., angels and demons, in light of the Bible's story. Some Christians strongly disbelieve that God has a council of heavenly beings and their active/passive role in the Bible. A discussion on hermeneutics is needed. People's filters for interpreting biblical text need to be widened.
I just realized that I intuitively see the past, present and future as manifestation of the present. I tend to think "the past" and '"the future" are presentist notions of the PRESENT. so, I can't perceive the future or past per se but the present, aside from how I likely assimilated into western notions of time, being adopted from Russia, which hamper my cognitive abilities apparently. however, this video is forcing me to realize I see the present as spoken from the idea of "past, present, future" paradigm.. a paradigm i don't always align with. to me, the present is the "past, present, future" but liminally indistinguishable aspects of the present. my notion of time may just align with my WM (WORKING MEMORY) and PS
