people, continuing to love even when they saw him through dim eyes and could only understand his character in light of their culture around them. like a parent with a tiny child, god let himself be understood in the only ways the child could understand him at that stage, and slowly, as the child grew, continued to reveal more and more of himself. there is no other way for a child to learn, nor, for that matter, for anyone to learn the heart of another. we have to start from what we know, and slowly, with experience, grow deeper into the truth.
. . . god has always revealed his true 