Second, when God decides to create and relate to his creation, he does so by pouring forth his glory. To refer back to one of Edwards’s favorite images, God is a fountain (Jer 2:13). God is the infinite spring who pours himself forth in streams of glory. God communicates a true knowledge and sight of himself in his Son that causes his people to know and love him in return. To do so, God gives himself in his Son that we would “see” him (since the Son is the image of the invisible God). He also gives his Spirit, his own love, that we would love him in return.
