This organic metaphor leads Vos to underscore the practical concerns of biblical theology: God’s self-revelation to us was not made for a primarily intellectual purpose . . . He has caused His revelation to take place in the milieu of the historical life of a people. The circle of revelation is not a school, but a “covenant” . . . All that God disclosed of Himself has come in response to the practical religious needs of His people as these emerged in the course of history.769 In sum, Vos bequeathed us two powerful, interrelated concepts: a dynamic, developmental way of understanding the Bible;
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