206 Love is a key theme for much of Moltmann’s work. He argues that God limits Godself in creating the world, so that God’s beloved creatures have freedom to become.207 From my perspective, love provides a broader, more robust frame for understanding God’s purpose for creating the world. Love can still account for God’s playful pleasure and free will in creating, but as I argue below, love is a fuller, more convincing explanation for the relationship between play and the resurrection, as well as play and God’s new creation.
Love to become
