Divine Will and Human Agency in Caesar's Death

Herbert Butterfield compared the action of God in history to a composer masterfully revising his music to overcome the inadequacies of the orchestra that plays it.

Within ten days of Jesus' return to the Father, His disciples were huddled in an upper room in Jerusalem, frightened and confused, despite having encountered Him several times after His death.

Jesus had promised that He would send the Spirit upon them.

<p>On that day, they experienced an unseen power in the midst of a great wind, with tongues of fire.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The work of redemption was described as a constant double movement, both upward and downward, and it proceeds only slowly, against the inertia of human resistance.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Butterfield saw the action of God in history as like a composer masterfully revising his music to overcome the inadequacies of the orchestra that plays it. This analogy suggests that God intervenes in history to overcome human inadequacies and guide the course of events.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Despite encountering Jesus several times after His death, His disciples were huddled in an upper room in Jerusalem, frightened and confused.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Jesus had promised that He would send the Spirit upon them.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>On that day, the disciples experienced an unseen power in the midst of a great wind, with tongues of fire.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The work of redemption proceeds only slowly, against the inertia of human resistance, with a constant double movement, both upward and downward.</p> Signup and view all the answers