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I love that last idea: that God the father's own authority is open for appeal through God the son.

Tangentially, it reminds me of my favorite song re. the problem of evil - perhaps, in practice and imo, the most neglected issue with Christian doctrine: "Sympathy for Jesus," from The Khrusty Brothers, by Don Chaffer

https://youtu.be/GKHGgX8EhiU

Full lyrics, b/c why not... (https://www.waterdeep.com/the-khrusty-brothers-lyrics):

"I came stumbling into churchWith a hot gun in my hands

I was ready to talk to Jesus

To tell him my demands

But Jesus ain't no fool

He's seen this kinda thing before

And He had a couple angels stop me

At the front door

I said now come on that ain't fair

You should be accessible to all

He said everybody gets a secretary

Even just to take their calls

So address me to my face

If you think you've got the balls

But I ain't playin' around

Boy, at all

This was not what I expected

So I stiffened in my stance

And I tried hard to remember

Every single shitty circumstance

Then I quivered like a victim

With his predator in sight

I was ready now to vindicate I was ready to start a fight

Now you can stand right there and judge me

Shoot, you can send me straight to hell

I know you got the power

I know that fact full well

But before you do explain to me

Why suffering and why death?

And why did I pray all those years

And waste all that good breath?

Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Well the angels sang it under their breath by the door

Hallelujah, Hallelujah

I give up, I can't go on like this any moreWell I appreciate your kind, he said

And then Jesus poured a drink

My face musta looked funny

Cause he said, It's not like you think

I'm saddled with the job you know

Of interpreting my Dad

To a bunch of frightened people,

Frightened or just mad

And most of 'em think they got it right

And then he threw some ice cubes in

But most of 'em are just dead wrong

About life and death and sin

And then I got my fiancée'

She's s'posed to speak my mind

But sometimes she's just chicken

And then she messes it up other times"

Man I love this song...

Waterdeep... if you're out there in #christiannostr in thank you for being yourselves and making music!

That's very good, basically a re-telling of the book of Job

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I'm not sure I'd agree entirely with you on that, but there are a lot of similarities in concept between this song and Job. I imagine it could be a retelling of several Psalms, perhaps even something like Lamentations - though, I'm not familiar with the narrative in that book.

The part that hits home for me his how often we (1) neglect to complain and protest God re. injustice as a form of legitimate prayer. and (2) that Jesus stands to reveal the Father to us, often in a way very different from our preconceptions of God.