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c. Neh. 9.6

d. Isa. 66.1

2. God cannot be known through the efforts and activities of human beings; his glory and nature are infinitely beyond the scope of human understanding and experience.

a. Deut. 10.14

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b. Ps. 113.4-6

3. Implications of God’s transcendence

a. Human life is not nor has it ever been the highest form of being in the universe.

b. God cannot be limited to or captured by the concepts that theology or any other discipline creates of him.

c. God alone is bringing all things back under his reign for our salvation and ultimately for his glory.

d. God is a sui generis being (i.e., in a class by himself). No other being will ever attain to his fully glory.

e. God is to be feared above all else and all things.