Pax, Amor, et Lepos in Iocando

In his excellent article, "The Fear of the Lord in Worship," Herman Hanko sees worship as “the highest expression of God’s covenant of grace with his people.” There is a holy conversation between God and his people in worship—each sharing with one another their lives (this is why perhaps a better term for dialogical principle of worship would be “conversational principle”. ) If Hanko were to state that worship is the “highest expression of God’s covenant with his people,” he might be on safer ground—I can only imagine that Adam, under the covenant of life/works, had a greater degree of conversation in his relationship with God than we do.

It could be said that God is glorified more in our mediated dialogue with Him than He was in Adam’s worship, else He would not have ordained anything else. Perhaps this greater glory comes from our worship being given to Him through the blood of the Lamb. But at this point, I realize I’m quite out of my league and will cease further speculation.