Holy is the Other. Holy is the sacred symbol we use to describe God in his specialness or grand distinctiveness. The formost of that is his trinitarian nature and existance. Thus the holiness of things created is such, as they are related to God though his Trinitarian expression. This is how the dualism of evil and good, clean and unclean is properly understood. Things are good as they properly relate to God and his telos for them. So God in His Otherness/Holiness must be able to incorporate all of creation and all that is within it, excluding nothing.
The experience of the Holy in creation and in our lives is an encouter with harmony. An observed harmony of God and nature as nature takes on its true sacromental understanding.
Thus the holy is experainced in both corporately(we are aware) and individually(I am aware) that requires that one recognize the Holiness (in time, space, experience) that surrounds us. David Daniels adds:
"Understanding holiness codes as compasses conceptually severs the relationship between holiness codes and a set of behaviors, making holiness codes less of an end-in-themselves and more a means to achieve a set of goals. Even more than rules of behavior that one learns in order to participate fully in the Christian arena, holiness codes as orientating practices focuses on divine providence. Holiness codes become an instrument employed on the Christian journey toward God's future". 2
Therefore, the Holy can be understood as:
The experience of God which is expected from the coming of the Spirit is:
1 . Universal - no longer particular, but related to 'all flesh' in the whole breadth of creation
2. Total - no longer partial, effective in the human 'heart' in the depths of human existence;
3. Enduring - no longer historically temporary, but conceived as the 'resting' or dwelling' of the Spirit;
4. Direct - no longer mediated through revelation and tradition, but grounded on the contemplation of God and his glory. This is God's eternal presence, to which the historical experiences of God point. And in this presence, both remembrances and the expectations of the Spirit will be completed and gathered up. 3
1. David Daniels, in A New Role For Holiness Codes? In The Living Pulpit, p. 9
2. Moltmann, The Spirit of Life, p. 57.
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