The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield.
It belongs among the divine questions about the natural world that expose the limits of human understanding. The clatter of the quiver and the flash of spear and shield against the war horse is one such created detail that lies beyond full human grasp of the workings of God. By turning the mind toward mysteries of this kind, it summons trust in God rather than demanding that people master an answer to everything.
It belongs among the divine questions about the natural world that expose the limits of human understanding. The clatter of the quiver and the flash of spear and shield against the war horse is one such created detail that lies beyond full human grasp of the workings of God. By turning the mind toward mysteries of this kind, it summons trust in God rather than demanding that people master an answer to everything.