{"id":775,"date":"2014-07-09T14:13:19","date_gmt":"2014-07-09T14:13:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/justandsinner\/?p=775"},"modified":"2014-07-09T14:13:19","modified_gmt":"2014-07-09T14:13:19","slug":"three-realms-two-kingdoms-and-a-partridge-in-a-pear-tree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/justandsinner\/three-realms-two-kingdoms-and-a-partridge-in-a-pear-tree\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Realms, Two Kingdoms, and a Partridge in a Pear Tree"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>Uh oh\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/523\/2014\/07\/itsatrap.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-779\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/523\/2014\/07\/itsatrap-1024x785.jpg\" alt=\"itsatrap\" width=\"500\" height=\"384\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>There\u2019s not actually a post here. Bait\/Switch. Now you know why I\u2019m the <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1g9MYEq\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">pseudepigrapher.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If I <em>were<\/em> to write a post on these topics, the following bullet-points would be my very bare-bones notes. With that said, I\u2019d like to start a discussion, and I\u2019m hoping that interested readers will work with me\u00a0in the comments. Perhaps after a little combox dialectic has transpired, I\u2019ll be ready to write an actual post.<\/p>\n<p>So\u2026<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The three realms are the sacred, the profane and the mundane.\n<ul>\n<li>The sacred is that which is of God.<\/li>\n<li>The profane is that which is of the Devil.<\/li>\n<li>The mundane is that which is of the World.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The Kingdom of the Right Hand is the Kingdom of the Gospel.<\/li>\n<li>The Kingdom of the Left Hand is the Kingdom of the Law.<\/li>\n<li>The \u201cPartridge in a Pear Tree\u201d is Christ on the Cross \u2014 threw that in there just for fun\/to justify the title of this pseudo-post. Don\u2019t get too hung up on this.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It occurs to me that we might \u2014 emphasis on <i>might<\/i>; I\u2019m not sure yet \u2014 be able in some way to relate\u00a0the above three realms with the tripartite distinction made by Dr. Joel Biermann in\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1kHM88z\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">A Case for Character: Towards a Lutheran Virtue Ethics.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>My summary of \u201cThe Biermann Trifecta\u201d<\/em>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Three articles of the Creed;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Three uses of the Law;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Three kinds of righteousness:<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>The Order of Creation (Article 1 of the Creed)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The Law as Curb<\/li>\n<li>Merely civil righteousness in the City of Man;\u00a0<em>coram mundo,\u00a0<\/em>\u201cbefore the world\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Government, politics, civil society<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>The Order of Redemption (Article 2 of the Creed)\n<ul>\n<li>The Law as Mirror<\/li>\n<li>The passive, imputed righteousness of Christ;\u00a0<em>coram Deo propter Christum,\u00a0<\/em>\u201cbefore God on account of Christ\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Justification, the forgiveness of sins\u00a0received by grace through faith alone<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The Order of Sanctification (Article 3 of the Creed)\n<ul>\n<li>The Law as Guide<\/li>\n<li>The active, incipient righteousness of holy living;\u00a0<em>coram hominibus in Christo,\u00a0<\/em>\u201cbefore men in Christ\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Sanctification, the new obedience, good works, serving our neighbor in our vocations, the fruit of the Spirit<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>So\u2026thoughts, anybody? I\u2019ll be watching the comments.<\/p>\n<p>+SDG+<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Uh oh\u2026 There\u2019s not actually a post here. Bait\/Switch. Now you know why I\u2019m the pseudepigrapher. If I were to write a post on these topics, the following bullet-points would be my very bare-bones notes. 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