Karl Barth’s Conception of the Word of God (4)

A reference to predestination is probably what he intends when he says that Cod’s Word is an act. Because it determines history it is therefore an act: “Is not My Word like a fire? saith the Lord: and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces? (Jer. 23.29). Cf. Isa. 55.10. (178), “That the Word of God is God’s act means . . . that it is (also) a decision. It is in that way that an act is distinguished from a mere event. A mere event is in itself an occurrence subordinated to some sort of...