Bauckham makes an interesting case for God\u2019s exclusive sovereignty. But at the end he cites the Son of Man from the Parables of Enoch as someone other than God who exercises God\u2019s sovereign rule over the earth. Bauckham calls this \u201cthe exception that proves the rule,\u201d but it made me wonder when we get to call something that falls outside our preferred paradigm an exception that \u201cproves\u201d the rule rather than \u201cshows us that the rule has important exceptions that might undermine the force of the argument.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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