Jordan quoting Bavinck:

God...

is compared to a lion, Isaiah 31:4; an eagle, Deuteronomy 32:11; a lamb, Isaiah 53:7; a hen, Matthew 23:37; the sun, Psalm 84:11; the morning star, Revelation 22:16; a light, Psalm 27:1; a torch, Revelation 21:23; a fire, Hebrews 12:29; a fountain, Psalm 36:9; the fountain of living waters, Jeremiah 2:13; food, bread, water, drink, ointment, Isaiah 55:1; John 4:10; 6:35, 55; a rock, Deuteronomy 32:4; a hiding place, Psalm 119:114; a tower, Proverbs 18:10; a refuge, Psalm 9:9; a shadow, Psalm 91:1; 121:5; a shield, Psalm 84:11; a way, John 14:6; a temple, Revelation 21:22 etc.

Jordan himself:

All this can be boiled down to a simple fact: The universe and everything in it symbolizes God. That is, the universe and everything in it points to God. This means that the Christian view of the world is and can only be fundamentally symbolic. The world does not exist for its own sake, but as a revelation of God.

From 'Through New Eyes', chapter 1

1. Biblical symbolism and imagery is not a code.
2. Biblical symbols do not exist in isolation.
3. We must always have clear-cut Biblical indication for any symbol or image we think we have found.
4. The heritage of the Church in systematic theology and in the history of exegesis is always a check on wild speculation.
5. Biblical symbolism must be interpreted in terms of Biblical presuppositions and philosophy.

Next time I go to New York I want to go here.

In fact, I want to go to all these places.

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*sigh* So little time, so many books to read, so few projects completed.